Put Your Glass Down...In Time...

One of the thoughtful forwards I have received in a long, long time...I think it's really important for all of us in these times...

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Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.  He held it up for all to see & asked the students -

 "How much do you think this glass weighs?"

  '50gms!' ..... '100gms!' .....'125gms'  ...the students answered.

 

 

"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my question is:

What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

'Nothing' ..the students said.

 

'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked.

 

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the student

 

"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'. Was the answer.

 

 "Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?"

 

 The students were puzzled.

 

 "What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked professor again.

 

 "Put the glass down!" said one of the students

 

 "Exactly!" said the professor.

 

 Life's problems are something like this.

 Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK.

 

 Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.

 Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.

 

 It's important to think of the challenges or problems in your life,

 But EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is 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!

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I too believe that we don't put our glass down in time...in fact, sometimes (somehow) holding it up gives us a sense of satisfaction / achievement / testing our own mettle...sometimes we don't keep it down in the hope that if we keep holding it, maybe the weight will become less...sometimes, we fail to differentiate between our ego and our perseverence...

Love Life...Love its moments...What comes today must go after some time...if you cling to it to make it last forever, it will deprive you of the other wonderful moments that will invariably light up your life even more than the previous ones... Put the Glass down when it starts to hurt...

Live in the present, with your eyes on the future...for it holds promises that must be realized...

The past is a tree that has borne its fruits...the present contains the seeds of the future...for the future to seem as nice when it becomes a 'past', the seeds in the 'present' must be sown with great care and love...

As someone has rightly said, be not sad that it has come to an end, be glad that it ever happened...