壓力管理

有一位講師於壓力管理的課堂上拿起一杯水, 然後問聽眾說：「各位認為這杯水有多重？」

聽眾有的說２０公克，有的說５００克不等，講師則說：「這杯水的重量並不重要，重要的是你能拿久？」

拿一分鐘，各位一定覺沒問題，拿一個小時，可能覺得手酸，拿一天，可能得叫救護車了，其實這杯水的重量是一樣的，但是你若拿越久，就覺得越沈重，這就像我們承擔著壓力一樣，如果我們一直把壓力放在身上，不管時間長短，到最後就覺 得壓力越來越沈重而無法承擔，我們必須做的是放下這杯水，休息一下後再拿起這杯水， 如此 我們才能拿的更久，所以，各位應該將承擔的壓力於一段時間後適時的放下並好好的休息一下，然後再重新拿起來，如此才可承擔久。

這就像我們於職場上一樣，我應該將工作上的壓力於下班時放 下而別帶回家了，回家後應該好好休息，明天再拿起壓力，如此我們就不會覺得壓力的沈重了。

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 holding 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." "Relax; pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it!

And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

1. Accept 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. Never buy a car you can't push.

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

11. The second mouse gets the cheese.

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

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

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

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

16. 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.

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