Stress Management

Dear Diary,

I was Reading some back dated emails that my fren sent...and I was this one on Stress Management...I tout It's Quite interesting and Meaningful so I wanna share with my blog readers...Maybe You guys can be enlightened some what ...and learn some self moltivating stuff..

Here goes:

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 20 grams to 500 grams.

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!"

He added, "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms." (1 Peter 4:10)

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

1. Accept that some days you're the windshield and some days you're the bug.
2. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
4. Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
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 was probably worth it.
7. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8. Never buy a car you can't push.
9. Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you 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, sleep late.
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 you live.
15. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world 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 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.
18. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

After Reading, I cant help but agree with what the lecturers said...Ya...I guess I muz learn to let go of my burdens...yet...when u come to think of it..sometimes u cant control the situation..U have no choice but to hold on to the burden...and often...it's not jus stress from work..especially in this competitive world and society..

well...tink it's part and parcel of life that we just have to learn to adapt and get used to it...but one tink we shld really bear in mind...Life's short...Live it to the fullest...!!!

And among the 18 ways of dealing with life, I personally agree and like the 17th one...It's very true...Don't You tink so??!!