Put the Glass Down & Words to Live By!

[MommC]

PUT THE GLASS DOWN

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.
He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think
this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm.
"It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold
it.
If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.
If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.
It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it
becomes."
"If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able
to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before
holding it up again."
We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and
are able to carry on.

So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down.
Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a
moment if you can.

Pick it up again later when you have rested...

Rest and relax.

Life is short, enjoy it!!


WORDS TO LIVE BY

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.

Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the
rest of the day.

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 don't
have a leg to stand on.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

The early worm gets eaten by the bird, so sleep late.

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.

Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors but they all have
to learn to live in the same box.

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

Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.

[Criss Colon]

I guess I better back off 20 mg.on the "Prozac"! CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

[MrMike]

"put your burdens down and rest awhile" - isn't that a drug addicts basic reasoning?

How about drinking the water, washing the glass, putting it back in the cabinet and moving on to something else. Who the hell would carry a damn glass of water around any longer than necessary?

[mami]

An American businessman was at the pier of a small
coastal Sri Lankan Village when a small boat with
just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were
several large yellow fin tuna.

The American complimented the Lankan on the quality
of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Lankan replied, "Only a little while, boss." The
American then asked, "Why didn't you stay out longer
and catch more fish?" The Lankan said he had enough
to support his family's immediate needs. The American
then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your
time?" The Lankan fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish
a little, play with my children, take a siesta with
my wife Mary, stroll into the village each evening where
I drink and play cards with my friends. I have a full
and busy life, boss." The American scoffed, "I have a
Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time
fishing and with
the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the
bigger boat you
could buy several boats.
Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.
Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would
sell directly to the processor, eventually opening
your own cannery. You would control the product,
processing and distribution. You would need to leave
this small coastal fishing village and move to
Colombo, and eventually you will run your expanding
enterprise." The Lankan fisherman asked, "But Boss,
how long will this all take?" To which the American
replied, "15-20 years." "But what then, Boss?" The
American laughed and said, "That's the best part.
When the time is 'Right', you would announce an IPO and
sell your company stock to the public and become very
rich, you would make millions." "Millions, Boss? Then
what?" The American said, "Then you would retire.
Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would
sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take
siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the
evenings where you could drink and play your cards
with your friends."

"You mean having a Harvard MBA, you have to go through all that
to finally
get to where I already am, Boss?"

[Fiesta Mama]

Originally Posted by mami

"You mean having a Harvard MBA, you have to go through all that
to finally
get to where I already am, Boss?"

How very true! This really makes you think.