Put your glass down!

Hill view of Cameron Highlands

Once in a while get away from working life, have a little retreat up on hilltop and enjoy the cool breeze is kind of a good way to release the stress.

I've shared a little story during the assembly at work, titled " Put down the glass".

The story goes this way:

Once, a professor walked around the class and hold a glass of water in her hand.

The students are expecting that she'll ask about the half empty half full question.

Instead, she asked with a smile on her face...

" How much do you think this glass weigh?"

"80grams......90 grams..... 120 grams....." the students answered.

"I really don't know...unless I weigh it," said the professor.

"But what will happen if I hold it for a minute?"

"Nothing...." 

" How about I held it up like this for an hour?"

"Your arm would begin to ache" said one of the students.

'You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?' 

'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis; have to go to hospital for sure' ventured another student. All the students laughed.

'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?' Asked the professor. 

'No,' replied the students.' 

'Then what caused the arm ache; the muscle stress?

Instead, what should I do?' The students were puzzled. 

'Put the glass down' said one of the students. 

'Exactly!' said the professor. 

'Life's problems are something like this. Hold them for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK. Think of them for a long time; they begin to ache. Hold them even longer; they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.'

It is important to think of the challenges in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh, strong, can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!
Remember friend- PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!

"Failing is never the problem. You have to experience failure to know what success is.