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8/31/2006

Life is short. Enjoy it!

I needed a break from myself. I'll update my 'confusion' tomorrow after seeing how my date with Eduardo #2 goes tonight.

In the mean time, I got this in my email this morning:

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!

6 Comments:

Blogger Karen said...

Haven't read in a few days... My goodness...

Have a wonderful date, and yeah, I think I might have to kill your paperweight too. Why are some men such absolute fucktards? No nice way to put that.

I wish you strength, and some burdenless fun!

Thu Aug 31, 10:50:00 AM EDT  
Blogger Karen said...

Thank you for that. I am a nurse and when I work in longterm care, thoughts of my patients are always with me. I used to keep a sign on my fridge about leaving work at work and when I started worrying on my time off, I would look at the sign and visualize myself physically putting work down at work, closing the door on it, and walking away. It worked.

Thu Aug 31, 06:15:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Your Mother said...

Quite profound after the day I've had.

Fri Sep 01, 12:15:00 AM EDT  
Blogger The Cluck Wagon said...

Wise words.
Enjoy the long weekend.

Fri Sep 01, 08:57:00 AM EDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love that thought.

Fri Sep 01, 09:21:00 AM EDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let me cut to the chase....he got that anology from finally taking his first really good beer piss...lets all shake and go grab another one....:)

Fri Sep 01, 11:22:00 PM EDT  

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