A young
lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress
management to an audience; with a raised glass of water, and everyone knew she
was going to ask the ultimate question, 'half empty or half full?'..... she
fooled them all... "How heavy is this glass of water?", she inquired with a
smile.

Answers called out
ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, "The absolute
weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I 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."
She continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. 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 - holding stress longer and
better each time practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your
burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night... pick
them up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life
is short. Enjoy it and the now 'supposed' stress that you've
conquered!"


1 * Accept the fact that some days
you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!

2 *
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat
them.

3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good
if you die in the middle of it.

4 * Drive carefully...
It's not only cars that can be recalled by their
Maker..

5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the
decency to be vague

6 * If you lend someone $20 and
never see that person again, it was probably worth
it..

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is
simply to serve as a warning to others.

8 * Never buy a
car you can't push.

9 * Never put both feet in your
mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand
on.

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

11 * Since it's the early worm that gets
eaten by the bird, sleep late.

12 * The second mouse
gets the cheese.

13 * When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.

14 * Birthdays are good for
you. The more you have, the longer you live.

15 * You
may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one
person.

16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only
once.

17 * 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.

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

19 * Have an awesome day and know
that someone has thought about you today.

20 * It was I,
your friend!

*Save the earth..... It's the only planet
with chocolate!