Ask yourself this question, "How heavy is a glass of water?"
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."
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.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if
you can.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
The following are quotes that I've found to be witty, fun, and in a way, truthful. Enjoy.
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."
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.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if
you can.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
The following are quotes that I've found to be witty, fun, and in a way, truthful. Enjoy.
*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/see/surf 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.
*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 be kind to
others.
*Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
*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.
And finally my favourite of the lot,
*You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the
world to one person.
statue.
*Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat
them.
*Always read/see/surf 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.
*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 be kind to
others.
*Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
*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.
And finally my favourite of the lot,
*You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the
world to one person.
I pray that as my Monashian friends both in med school and CF go through this exam period, we will learn to put down our glass of water occasionally in order to discern what is needful to de-stress our oh-so busy life. L4D, shopping, dining, reading, Facebook-ing, exercising/jogging/weights-training, heart-to-heart talks, movies, random stuff, watching TV dramas, listening to songs, driving aimlessly, church events, caring for people who matter the most...
ALL THE BEST PPL... 4 the exams and to living a HEALTHY & BALANCED LIFE!!
~Tim~
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