STORIES - The Weight of the Glass
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
Answers rang out through the room. Some said 20g, others said 500g.
The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it."
He continued, "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."
"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!"
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Answers rang out through the room. Some said 20g, others said 500g.
The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it."
He continued, "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."
"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!"
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
(adapted from Eugene Loh, A Slice of Life, 938LIVE, a station of MediaCorp Radio')
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我们是不是常常这样，一直固执地将困难和烦恼扛着，久久不肯放下？压力压力 --- 是压迫自己的一股力量。但是很多时候这股难以承受的力量是来自自己的放不开、放不下。馆主之前有去参加过一个讲座，讲师就将现代人为什么不喜欢回家、或不喜欢家里的人做了一次分析：我们老是喜欢将工作或学校的不开心带回家里 （因为家里人会无条件地受你的气），可是这一来一往就将彼此的距离扩大，让人反感，最后就演变成讨厌家和家人了。
不要将家人当作是理所当然的、不要将你在外受到的气带回家去。家是温暖的，但是它的温暖需要每一位成员来扶持。这份温暖将把你受到的任何委屈减到最低。所以，要好好珍惜！
不要过于给自己压力。记住：快乐就是不把困难变成困扰！
^_^g
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我们是不是常常这样，一直固执地将困难和烦恼扛着，久久不肯放下？压力压力 --- 是压迫自己的一股力量。但是很多时候这股难以承受的力量是来自自己的放不开、放不下。馆主之前有去参加过一个讲座，讲师就将现代人为什么不喜欢回家、或不喜欢家里的人做了一次分析：我们老是喜欢将工作或学校的不开心带回家里 （因为家里人会无条件地受你的气），可是这一来一往就将彼此的距离扩大，让人反感，最后就演变成讨厌家和家人了。
不要将家人当作是理所当然的、不要将你在外受到的气带回家去。家是温暖的，但是它的温暖需要每一位成员来扶持。这份温暖将把你受到的任何委屈减到最低。所以，要好好珍惜！
不要过于给自己压力。记住：快乐就是不把困难变成困扰！
^_^g
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