Learn to Put the Glass Down

Recently i am caught up with a lot of tasks on hand, quite stressful. I came across this article when i was reading the morning newspaper on the train. Before I shared the story, i want to ask you how much do the glass weighs? Later you will know why i ask you this question. Read further and you know why.

Here is the story:

One day, the Professor held up a glass of water and asked his students: "How much do you think this piece of glass weighs? A lot of students give different answers.

He continued: "What would happen if I held it up for a few minutes?

"Nothing". Said the students.

"Now, what if I held it up for an hour?" "Your arm would ache." "What would happen if I held it up for a day?" His students replied laughingly. "Your arm will go numb, you may have severe muscle stress and paralysis, and you may have to go to the hospital.

The professor then asked: "During all this, did the weight of the glass change?" "No". came the answer. He asked"What should I do to stop the muscle pain? A student replied: "Put the glass down."

From this story, it made me realise the simple truth of handling problems in life. If we think them for more than a few minutes and our head begins to ache. If we hold the thoughts even longer and they will start paralyze you. Like what my friend shared with me before, think too much, you become paralyzed. *Laugh*

Although it is important to think through the problem we are facing, but it is important to learn to put the glass down at the end of the day. This is easier to say than done, but this story reminds me to focus on the big picture, rather than letting these small matters to affect me.

Stress in today's society is inevitable, is just that how we handle our stress and cope with it. In Tokyo, there is one shop called Venting Place where all the stressed workers threw the crockery against the concrete walls as a form of releasing stress. So how cool is that? (You can watch the video at http://www.mikesblender.com/indexblog201.htm).

As for me, my way of releasing stress is eating chocolate or ice-cream. That why i am fat. I remember one of my favorite author Barbara Enberg: "Stressed spelled backwards is desserts" So is desserts' time? Ice cream, anyone? Yummy!