A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience raised a glass of water
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> and asked 'How heavy is this glass of water?'
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> 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
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> 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
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> ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
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> In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.' He
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> continued, 'And that's the way it is with stress management.
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> If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly
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> heavy, we won't be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down
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> for a while and rest before holding it again.' When we're refreshed, we can carry on with
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> the burden.'
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> 'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can
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> pick it up tomorrow.
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> Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can.'
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> So, my friend, put down anything that may be a burden to you right now. Don't pick it up again
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> until after you've rested a while.
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> Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:
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> * Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
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> * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
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> * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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> * Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
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> * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
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> * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
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> * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.
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> * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time because then you won't have a leg
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> to stand on.
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> * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
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> * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
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> * The second mouse gets the cheese.
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> * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
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> * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
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> * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
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> * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
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> * We could learn a lot from crayons...
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> ..."Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull.
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> ...Some have weird names, and all are different colors,
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> ...but they all have to live in the same box.
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> *A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
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> Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today...I did.
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