Thursday, January 26, 2006

Inspirational ways of dealing with the budens of life

These are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life in the New Year:


* 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.


* 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 be kind to others.


* 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.


* 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.


*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

STRESS MANAGEMENT for the New Year

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."