Stress Management

A lecturer explained stress management to an audience. He held up a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass?" The answers 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, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, my arm will ache and get sore. If I held it for a day, you'd 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 awhile and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the same burden. So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up again tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can."
Here are some thoughts to keep in mind as you go through life:
*Always keep your words soft and sweet--in case you have to eat them.
*Drive carefully. It is 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 just to be kind.
*Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because you won't have a leg to stand on.
*When everything's coming your way--You're in the wrong lane.
*You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
And remember the scripture, "Cast your burdens upon the Lord, and He will sustain thee."