Monday, April 9, 2007

Put your glass down!!!

Came accross a wonderful piece of writing...thought of sharing with you all.

Once a professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, "Howmuch do youthink this glass weighs?" '50gms!' ?....'100gms!'? .....'125gms' ?......

The students answered. "I really don't know unless I weigh it".

The professor said, "Now, myquestion is...What would happen if I held it up likethis for a fewminutes?".
"Nothing", the students said.

"OK!! what would happen if I held it up like this for anhour?", the professor asked.
"Your arm would begin to ache", said one of the students.

"You're right, now what would happen if I held it for aday?"
"Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress and paralysis...have to go to hospital for sure!", ventured another student and all the students laughed.

"Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?", asked the professor.
"No!", replied the students.

"Then what caused the arm ache? the muscle stress? Instead What should I do?", asked the professor.
The students were puzzled.
"Put the glass down!", said one of thestudents.

"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 (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 yourway!

Remember friend- PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!

That's life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

onnesha said...

very interesting indeed.if only we were so prudent so as to put the glass down,the heart wouldnt have ached so much!!!anyway,the heart aches more than the arm does!!!

Barun Saha said...

Great example indeed!