batguano

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."

So, my friend, why not take a while to just simply RELAX.

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.

Life is short.

Enjoy it!

Here are some great 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 that person 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.

* 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.

The Woman

If all that fails you can always try this (bear with me on this one and read till the end):

Here's a stress management technique
recommended in all the latest psychological texts.

The funny thing is that it really works.




1. Picture yourself near a stream.




2. Birds are softly chirping in the cool mountain air.




3. No one but you knows your secret place.




4. You are in total seclusion from the hectic place called "the world,"




5. The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade of
serenity.




6. The water is crystal clear.




7. You can easily make out the face of the person you're holding underwater.




8. See! You're smiling already.

dlq04

Filthy Beast

Another good stress reliever is video games, works for me anyway

Jumpy Guy

I read this once:
When I die I want to go like my father - peaceful and in his sleep. Not like the other screaming passengers in his car!

Kyras

I need this thread. I'm at overload right now. Crying helps me relieve the load too.