Got this in an email today...

Stress...

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.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!"

1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!
2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker..

5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague

6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it..

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

8 * Never buy a car you can't push.

9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance..

11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late..

12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.

13 * When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.

14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more
you have, the longer you live.

15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

17 * 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.

18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour..

19 * Have an awesome day and know that
someone thought about you today.

20 * It was me, your friend!

*Save the earth -- It's the only planet with chocolate!*

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LOL!! So humorous, and so true!!

JIMH,

Great Post! Words to live by and laugh by as well! LOL!!!

Stress is a killer! Some stress is a necessity to our success in the business world for gain or profit.

However, if you can't turn it off when you get home, better get a passive job, which you enjoy, which may help you live longer! What good is all the money in the world if you are working most of the time making money, and die sooner! You don't have the time to enjoy the things money can buy, and your life is cut short!

Always, Live within your means,and be honest with yourself with what you really can and can not afford! If you can afford it, without stressing yourself to death, or neglecting your loved ones because your priorities are always elsewhere, then you've got it made. You can have your cake and eat it too!!! LOL!!!

However, if your not in this small percentage of people, like most, it's so much better to live within your means, and enjoy life along the way! Better to have that smaller dwelling, a second hand car or transit pass, debt free, and a little nest egg for retirement; and live a more productive, happier life as you make a living for yourself and your family! At least you had a chance to smell the roses along the way!!!

Remember you can't take it with you, it will all go to someone else when you are gone anyway!

No one can avoid total stress in their lives! Things do happen, it's called the processes of living! Death, divorce, marriage, moving, a new job, loss of employment, serious illness, the list goes on and on!

Phl 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.


Phl 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


Phl 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.


Phl 4:9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.


Phl 4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity.


Phl 4:11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.


Phl 4:12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.


Phl 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.


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Mat 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.


Mat 6:25 "For this reason I say to you, [fn]do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?


Mat 6:26 "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?


Mat 6:27 "And who of you by being worried can add a single [fn]hour to his [fn]life?


Mat 6:28 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,


Mat 6:29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.


Mat 6:30 "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!


Mat 6:31 "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'


Mat 6:32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.


Mat 6:33 "But [fn]seek first [fn]His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be [fn]added to you.


Mat 6:34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Mat 6:24 ¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.


Mat 6:25 ¶ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?


Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?


Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?


Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:


Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.


Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?


Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?


Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.


Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.


Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Blessings in Christ,

Valerie