Stress Management


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.

* 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.

* 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.

WHAT TEACHERS MAKE

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.
One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued,
"What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life
was to
become a teacher?"

He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers:
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."

To emphasize his point, he said to another guest; "You're a teacher,
Susan. Be honest. What do you make?"

Susan, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, "You
want to know what I make?

* "I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

* "I make a C+ feel like the winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

* "I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence.

"You want to know what I make?

* "I make kids wonder.

* "I make them question.

* "I make them criticize.

* "I make them apologize and mean it.

* "I make them write.

* "I make them read, read, read.

"I make them show all their work in math and perfect their final drafts in English. I make them understand that if you have the brains, and follow your heart, and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you must pay no attention because they just didn't learn."

Susan paused and then continued. "You want to know what I make?
'I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.' What do YOU make?"

THIS IS WORTH SENDING TO EVERY TEACHER YOU KNOW.

(And everyone on your mailing list, for that matter).

THERE IS MUCH TRUTH IN THAT STATEMENT.


"Teachers make every other profession RICHER and POSSIBLE"

I just received this joke and laughed so much I thought my fellow bloggers would laugh too. Enjoy! Have a good day. Fox


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A fine is a tax for doing something wrong.
A tax is a fine for doing something right.

There are two types of people who complain about paying their income tax.
Men and women.


Doing your own income tax return is a lot like a do-it-yourself mugging.

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There was a time when $1200 would buy a car.
Now it's the sales tax.

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Drive carefully.
Uncle Sam needs every taxpayer he can get.

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A dollar saved is bound to be taxed.
And so is a penny earned.

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It's hard to believe America was founded to avoid high taxation.

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After one pays their income tax, one knows how a cow feels after she's been milked.

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Income tax forms should be printed on Kleenex because so many of us have to pay through the nose.

It took me 40 years to find this poem. I read the original
in the 1960's then misplaced it. After searching all over,
the original was found in 2001 under some personal papers of mine.
This is so true and points out that no one is indispensable.

The Water Cure

Sometime when you're feeling important

Sometime when your ego's in bloom

Sometime when you take it for granted

You're the best qualified in the room.

Sometimes when you feel your going

Would leave an unfillable hole

Just follow this simple instruction

And see how it humbles your soul.

Take a bucket and fill it with water

Put your hand in -- up to your wrist

Take it out -- and the hole that's remaining

Is a measure of how you'll be missed.

You can splash all you please as you enter

You can stir up the water galore

But STOP -- and you'll find in a minute

That it looks quite the same as before.

There's a moral in this quaint example

Just do the best that you can

Be proud of yourself but remember

There is no indispensable man.

Laughter is indeed the best medicine. The old adage has been backed up by a recent study. Findings show that people with a good sense of humor and a propensity to laugh may be less likely to develop heart disease when compared to aggressive, antisocial personalities.

So go ahead, laugh and make others laugh.