Life is Short

Life is Short

I received an email from a good friend this weekend; not sure if she wrote it or where it came from. The story impacted me and I just want to share it with you. I can certainly make use of some of the points below and I’m pretty sure so will you.  Hope you enjoy it!

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 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 or don’t pick them up at all. Life is short.
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 put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
9 * Nobody cares if you can’t dance well.  Just get up and dance.
10 * When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
11 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
12 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
13 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.
14 * 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.
15 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
*Save the earth….. It’s the only planet with chocolate !*

13 thoughts on “Life is Short

  1. Esta buenisimo y que tan cierto que el stress en realidad causa mas da~no que cualquier otra cosa, especialmente a los chicos. Y que bueno que estan los consejos en la lista. Me encanto lo ultimo porque a mi me encanta el chocolate en todo como el dulce de leche 🙂

  2. Muy buena historia. Demaciadas verdades para leerlas una sóla vez, la voy a guardar en mis favoritos. También me gustó lo de los crayones.

  3. Linda reflexión! a mi también me gusto lo de las crayolas! si ellas son tan distintas y pueden compartir una misma cajita porque nosotros no podemos hacerlo también 🙂

  4. Que cierto es todo lo que escribiste! Cargamos tanto stress diariamente que no se ni como podemos continuar haciendo todo como si nada.
    Relajarse, descansar, hacer una pausa, son acciones que debemos hacer para contrarrestarlo. Muchas gracias por este tema, de verdad que lo necesitamos leer para caer en cuenta.
    Saludos desde California1

  5. la verdad siempre hace falta leer estas cosas simples y positivas que nos recuerdan que la vida no es para correr sino para disfrutarse, aprender y sonar. Feliz dia!

  6. Me encanto, y cuan cierto es, es como dice mi suegra, “algunas veces no es lo duro sino lo tupido” Que quiere decir algo así, algunas veces las situaciones, o stress de la vida no son muy grandes pero si muy constante, así que termina por derrotarnos. Todos los puntos me gustaron en especial el de “Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them” Es tan cierto y es tan penoso tener que hacerlo que es mejor to keep it low just in case.

  7. Ay me gustó mucho y me hacía falta para un día tan duro como el de hoy. Yo la verdad me divierto apreciando lo inesperado y haciendo de tripas corazones como dicen. Así soy yo casi siempre, pero me tomó tiempo. Quisiera que más personas a mi alrededor afrontaran la vida de la misma manera.

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