Saturday, September 26, 2009

Stress


Stress    


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.
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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.'
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of  work 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, 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.

Here  are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of  life:

pigeon on statue, Tuileries, Paris

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* 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    wear stuff that  will make you look good
If you die in the middle of it.

A car crash on Jagtvej in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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* 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  $20 and never see that person again,
It was probably worth it.

*  It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to  others.

* 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 da

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nce 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  colors, 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 an  awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today...I  did
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--
"May the Lord grant all your prayers!" (Psalm 20)
Deacon John
http://www.google.com/profiles/deaconjohn1987

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