Making The Most Of Morning

Daily Habits - Spiritual/Physical to Inculcate: Pray through the day before getting out of bed, and ask for help. Rise to the sound of cool, soul/ spirit lifting music rather than the sudden, buzz of an alarm. Read a psalm/proverb a day; write down a phrase to post on your mirror/dashboard/desk and meditate on it all day. Read a devotional/inspirational material. Record your prayers in a journal/dairy/scrap book. Make out time for at least a 15-minute exercise session. Take lots of water to soften the bowel/replenish the skin. ..... Enjoy the day!

Work - Life Balance

Wondering if the title of this post relates to the story captioned in this post.

Anyways, i read a friend's post and it got me thinking about work - life balance, how imbalance can lead to stress and heart related diseases.

Haven't had time to do an original post for a month or more, still don't have enough time... It's the end of another month; Meanwhile, it seems like another week just ended...how amazing!

Here's a good piece, it's an illustration of what stress is, thought to share it with you; sure it would be beneficial as it was for me.

Read on...

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a
glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, "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."

He continued, "And that's the way it is with stress management. 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 h olding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on
with the burden."

"So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't

carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're
carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can."

So, my friend, why not take a while to just simply RELAX. Put down
anything that may be a burden to you right now. Don't pick it up again
until after you've rested a while.

Life is short. Enjoy it!

Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:-



* 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 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 by their
maker.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be va gue.

* 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 to serve as a
warning to others.

* Never buy a car you can't push.

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

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

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

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

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

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

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

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

* 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 col ors, but they all have to live in the
same box.

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

Cheers!