Grandmothers-Attic

>> Subject: Fw: This is a real keeper, both wise and funny
>>
>>
>> Stress
>> Management
>> 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. "
>> "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. "
>> "Relax; pick them up later after you've rested.
>> Life is short. Enjoy it!
>>
>> And then he shared some 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 $20 and never see them 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.

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

>> * 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.