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Stress Management

Submitted by Pravs J on Friday, 27 March 200931 Comments

Stress Management

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?”

The students’ answers ranged from 20g to 500gm. 

It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.

It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.

What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again. We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are ! able to carry on.

So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can. Pick it up again later when you have rested.

Rest and relax. Life is short, enjoy it!! Cheers!!!!!

31 Comments »

  • smita said:

    nice one…thanks…

    - 27 March 2009 at 6:25 pm
  • Anthony Cortez said:

    It’s very enlightening. But to think about it it’s very easy to say but how will I be able not to think of my office problems when I’m resting already on bed? I would like to free myself from all problems in my office but it’s impossible. Tell me how to do it.

    - 27 March 2009 at 7:32 pm
  • seyoum said:

    It is very inspiring and God bless you all.

    - 27 March 2009 at 10:25 pm
  • siri said:

    Agree..It is challenging when we start.. but now my life is happier.
    Thank you.. you are the God sent.

    - 28 March 2009 at 2:13 am
  • shanthi said:

    Good message.. thanks.

    - 28 March 2009 at 2:55 am
  • Sue said:

    Absolutely true yet quite difficult to achieve. What one needs here is mind control to be able to switch off or on and enable living of a full life!

    - 28 March 2009 at 3:32 am
  • Pravs J (author) said:

    A simple story to convey how we need to handle stress and lead a happy life. Thanks everyone for your kind words.

    @ Anthony Cortez
    The change begins with you

    - 28 March 2009 at 3:40 am
  • bat said:

    Thank you.

    - 28 March 2009 at 3:55 am
  • Aakanksha said:

    GOOD ONE ! A PERSON IS ALWAYS REQUIRED THESE TYPE OF BOOSTIN MOTIVATIONAL MAILS EVERY DAY. IT MAKE MY DAY.. THANKS..

    - 28 March 2009 at 5:41 am
  • Muneer Khan said:

    Very Very Nice Messsage God Bless You.

    - 28 March 2009 at 6:38 am
  • Me-ann said:

    Very nice…..keep posting lots of it….

    - 28 March 2009 at 7:06 am
  • peter said:

    Wow i was in badly need of a suggestion for stress. Thanks a lot.

    - 28 March 2009 at 7:23 am
  • Tazwara said:

    thanks =)

    - 28 March 2009 at 10:12 am
  • Ravindra Joshi said:

    Excesses are bad.

    At the same time little stress is necessary to perform better. But don’t overdo any thing.

    - 28 March 2009 at 1:12 pm
  • pinky said:

    wonderful ! nd thanks a lot for such an enlightening msg:-)

    - 28 March 2009 at 2:22 pm
  • Ani said:

    Thanks Pravs !!! You are doing a very nice job by sending these kind words to we troubled souls . Its needed in our daily life . Yes!!! work is always there with us the entire life and we forget to cherish those small moments .

    - 28 March 2009 at 2:54 pm
  • moneef said:

    thanks, I think that what we need to do.

    - 28 March 2009 at 6:59 pm
  • samannaz said:

    thanks
    really, we should put the burden of work down

    life is short

    - 29 March 2009 at 3:25 am
  • A P Javkhedkar said:

    The point is made in a manner which will be understood by anybody and will be acceptable to all. However it is very difficult to put down the worries. It’s easier said than done.
    A P Javkhedkar

    - 29 March 2009 at 3:55 am
  • Aditya said:

    Thanks
    Its Working
    It reduces my burden !!!!

    - 29 March 2009 at 4:00 am
  • Karthik said:

    I read a similar story. There was a man who on his return from office before entering his house, used to stand near a tree and would gesture as if to remove a bag from his shoulder and hang it on the tree. Similarly in the morning he would gesture as if to take off something from the tree and carry on his back. A person watching it would feel that the man had gone crazy. After sometime he died and the his house was filled with many people to give condolences. Everybody recognized him as a person with a cheerful disposition. One of his close friend when quizzed regarding his odd behaviour in the morning and evening said that his cheerful disposition was due to the fact that he would unburden his office thoughts and stress before he entered the house on the tree.
    This is principle one has to follow to have a healthy life.

    - 29 March 2009 at 7:20 am
  • Ankit Gupta said:

    This article was gr8 not only in terms of just stress management but is has more significance in today changing scenario where metro culture is coming up and people dont have any shoulder to relax their heads.Earlier it was a joint family where we used to share our problems and used to get the required moral support.

    - 29 March 2009 at 9:55 am
  • Pravs J (author) said:

    @ Karthik
    Thanks for the short wonderful story. Another good one on Stress Management.

    - 29 March 2009 at 12:41 pm
  • sudha said:

    Ur commitment is gr8.. 1 can overcum anythin if dey hav it in lyf.. :)

    - 29 March 2009 at 4:42 pm
  • Manjari said:

    Thanks a lot..

    - 29 March 2009 at 4:49 pm
  • Godfrey said:

    Thants relly nice, it will realy help me.Thank you

    - 30 March 2009 at 6:00 am
  • Amit Kumar said:

    Thanks Pravs J and Karthik, both of you told inspiring story. i will try to do so. Thanks once again…………

    - 30 March 2009 at 6:44 am
  • PATIENCE SAMUEL said:

    good to keep your burdens but i don advice you pick it up cause that might result to mental torture or become monotoniuos.

    - 30 March 2009 at 8:50 am
  • koel said:

    every one should take this management lesson….

    - 3 April 2009 at 5:15 am
  • Eliane Cerchiari said:

    Nothing else to be said, but express my agreement with you all folks!

    - 3 April 2009 at 5:51 pm
  • Vamshi said:

    nice message…thanks

    - 29 April 2009 at 5:19 am

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