Our Burdens in Life

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised aglass of water and asked, 'How heavy is this glass of water? '

Answers called out ranged from 8oz. to 20oz.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter. Itdepends 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 anhour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'llhave to call an ambulance.''In each case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, theheavier 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 becomesincreasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on.''As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while andrest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry onwith the burden.

''So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work/life down.Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow.''Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment ifyou can. Relax; pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short.

Enjoy!

'And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

1* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you'rethe statue.

2* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have toeat them.

3* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in themiddle of it.

4* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by theirMaker.

5* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it wasprobably worth it.

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as awarning to others.

8* Never buy a car you can't push.

9* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because thenyou won't have a leg to stand on.

10* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

11* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleeplate.

12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.

13* When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

14* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer youlive.

15* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be theworld to one person.

16* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

17* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some arepretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are differentcolors, but they all have to live in the same box.

18* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on adetour.