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I got an email from my Uncle Ron last week. It contained a story that really made me think (I don’t know the author, so if you do, comment and let me know). Here’s the story:

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 8 ounces to 20 ounces.

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!”

What kind of stress are you carrying? What do you do to take a rest? If you haven’t, subscribe to our blog, because Part 2 of this story has some tips for relieving stress.

Hold to nothing too violently. Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool; and the faultier a man’s judgement, the firmer his conviction.

Baltasar Gracian

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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I don’t even know what to say.

I’m not often awestruck; I’ve seen a lot, experienced much. But I am indeed awestruck.

Today’s video takes some investment from you. Not in money, but in two other infinite commodities: Time and Desire. You must be willing to take the time to watch this video in its entirety – even if it’s ten minutes a day- and you should commit to adapting what you’ve learned from it to your life. Expendables was the top movie at the box office and it simply shows people being killed. This shows how we ought to live.

This is a dying man’s last gift to the world- an enormous, moving, powerful message. You will be moved, transcended if you allow, and better for it. I had heard of this speech by a young professor who found out he was dying but I never invested the time to watch the whole thing. After five minutes of watching I knew I had to bring it to my fellow KindHearts.

Friends, start this video today and as it moves you- it will immediately- hit the LIKE button or fill out the Tell-A-Friend form. This professor, and our friends and family, deserve it. By the way, we can tell from our web stats that your friends are forwarding the stuff you send them to their other friends too. Kindness is going viral. (www,dailykindness.com)