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sorry - I forgot about the forwards -

READ THIS....IT'S REALLY WORTHWHILE

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. "

" Relax; pick them up later after you've rested. Life

is short. Enjoy it! "

And then he shared some ways of dealing with the

burdens of life:

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 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 ea ten by the

bird, sleep late. - The second mouse gets the cheese.

When everything is 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 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.

Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you

left open.

Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought

about you today..........I did