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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

[[ Put the Glass Down! ]]

A professor entered the class and held up a glass of water.

He asked his students,

"How much does this glass weigh?"

"100 grams? 125 grams?" ventured his students.

"Maybe," replied the professor.

"Now, if I were to hold it at arms' length for a while, what would happen to my arm?"

"Nothing," replied his students.

"Good. What about if I held it for an hour?"

"Your arm would start to ache, sir!" chorused his students.

"What if I held it for a day?"

"Then your arm would start to feel numb, it may even get paralysed and you may have to amputate it!" teased one student. The class and the professor laughed.

"True," answered the professor.

"And in all this while, did the weight of the glass change?"

"No," answered his students.

"Now, imagine this glass was full of your problems of the day.

If you hold it for a while in your head, it'll be okay.

If you start to hold it inside you for an hour, you'll start to have a headache and if you hold it for a day, it'll paralyse you.

Life's problems are as such.

It's important to think about them, but it's equally important to put them down at the end of the day, or they'll paralyse you and you won't be able to do anything."

So my dear friends, remember to put the glass down, ok?

personal note: Today marks the 1st day of my "unplanned vacation"

*sigh*....need I say more?

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This is not the end.
This is not even the beginning of the end.
It is, instead, the end of the beginning..
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