neroshan
02-23-2007, 11:25 PM
Stress Management
A SIMPLE BUT VERY USEFUL PIECE OF WISDOM.
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an
audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How
heavy is this glass of water?"
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't
matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If
I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I
hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right
arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an
ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I
hold it, the heavier it becomes." He continued, "and
that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be
able to carry on." "As with the glass of water, you
have to put it down for a while and rest before
holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry
on with the burden."
In simple words, if you have a problem or anything
that is eating into your peace, keep it aside for as
much of time as you can afford to, and come back to
it. You will be amazed at how quickly the issue
becomes a non issue, in your second consideration.
"So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of
the day down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up
tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let
them down for a moment if you can."
So, my friend, why not take a while to just simply
RELAX.
Put down anything that may be a burden to you right
now. Don't pick it up again until after you've rested
a while. Life is short. Enjoy it!
Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens
of life:
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some
days you're the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case
you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if
you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
recalled by their maker.
* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to
be vague.
* If you lend someone Rs.100, and never see that
person again, it was probably worth it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply
to serve as a warning to others.
* Never buy a car you can't push. * Never put both
feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you
won't have a leg to stand on.
* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up
and dance.
* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the
bird, sleep late.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything's coming your way, you're in the
wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the
longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world, but you may
also be the world to one person.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp,
some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird
names, and all are different colours, but they all
have to live in the same box.
* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the
scenery on a detour.
Have a wonderful day and know that someone has
thought about you today....... ........ I did.
A SIMPLE BUT VERY USEFUL PIECE OF WISDOM.
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an
audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How
heavy is this glass of water?"
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't
matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If
I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I
hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right
arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an
ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I
hold it, the heavier it becomes." He continued, "and
that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be
able to carry on." "As with the glass of water, you
have to put it down for a while and rest before
holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry
on with the burden."
In simple words, if you have a problem or anything
that is eating into your peace, keep it aside for as
much of time as you can afford to, and come back to
it. You will be amazed at how quickly the issue
becomes a non issue, in your second consideration.
"So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of
the day down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up
tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let
them down for a moment if you can."
So, my friend, why not take a while to just simply
RELAX.
Put down anything that may be a burden to you right
now. Don't pick it up again until after you've rested
a while. Life is short. Enjoy it!
Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens
of life:
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some
days you're the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case
you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if
you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
recalled by their maker.
* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to
be vague.
* If you lend someone Rs.100, and never see that
person again, it was probably worth it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply
to serve as a warning to others.
* Never buy a car you can't push. * Never put both
feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you
won't have a leg to stand on.
* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up
and dance.
* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the
bird, sleep late.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything's coming your way, you're in the
wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the
longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world, but you may
also be the world to one person.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp,
some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird
names, and all are different colours, but they all
have to live in the same box.
* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the
scenery on a detour.
Have a wonderful day and know that someone has
thought about you today....... ........ I did.