Stress Management: A Different Look on Life

This is an article about dealing with burdens. People get too caught up in everyday life and when stress starts to get to them they sometimes don't know how to handle it. Hopefully this article can help in some ways.

How heavy is a glass of water? Before you try to answer this, I'll answer for you.

The actual weight doesn't matter, it only depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem at all. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm, If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance!"

In each situation the glass of water is the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. 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. Just like when holding the 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, if you want.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a while if you can. Relax and pick them up later after you've rested.

Life is short, so enjoy it! Scarlett O'hara said it best..."I won't think about that now, I'll think about that tomorrow!"

Your thoughts put the universe to work. Thinking negatively will bring negative things into your life. So be positive and remember..This too shall pass!

When dealing with the burdens of life, try to remember some of these quotes:

* 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 wear things that will make you look good, if you were to die in 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 them again, it was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. But let's hope not! :)

* Never buy a car you can't push.

* 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.

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

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* 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.

* 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.

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