I just put this in the STRESS TRAP (https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/thread/1862-the-stress-trap) section, but thought most people would never see it since it usually reads as "river annotate" when anybody posts in a group blog. So I'm putting it here too. Don't know who wrote it. Why is it that all these wonderful things that we receive as forwards have no authors? You'd think they'd want to take credit for it. Ah well..
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.."
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Don't let stress ruin your beautiful quit. Find some way to relieve it. Go for a walk. Sip a glass of water. Take slow deep breaths. Look at a leaf. Imagine a soft cloud. Get out of that stresshead. Change your focus. You CAN.
