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 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 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.
* To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world.
* 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".
This lesson in the positive thinking subject! I have learnt it! When you think something, try to think about positive aspect. I rember my teacher, Ms Trish Summerfield, Director of LVEPsaidthat: Our thoughts divide into 4 groups: positive, negative, necessary, waste. A positive thought is a thought you make when you think about a managable aspect of something. A negative thought is opposite with a positive thought. A nessary thought is a thought you make when you think about something which serves your living such as drinking, washing, eating,... A waste thought is a thought you make when you think about the past . You use if, if only, if not ...to expess your thought. Try to make positive thoughts as many as possible .
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This lesson in the positive thinking subject! I have learnt it! When you think something, try to think about positive aspect. I rember my teacher, Ms Trish Summerfield, Director of LVEPsaidthat: Our thoughts divide into 4 groups: positive, negative, necessary, waste. A positive thought is a thought you make when you think about a managable aspect of something. A negative thought is opposite with a positive thought. A nessary thought is a thought you make when you think about something which serves your living such as drinking, washing, eating,... A waste thought is a thought you make when you think about the past . You use if, if only, if not ...to expess your thought. Try to make positive thoughts as many as possible .
It's great to get those useful informations from u, kaka ! When u mentioned 4 groups of thoughts , I wonder that how many percentages of each group are there in your mind(are they equal or not ? ) ? Is it you yourself or anything else affect the division between them ?
The waste thoughts have occupied almost time! Hehe
Hehe , that's what I guessed I can't explain why most of human beings always think about the negativeness n let the waste thuoghts occupy ( I'm not that kind of exception,of coz , be surounded by silly thoughts all the time )