Inspire Self
So let’s begin today’s story and inspire ourselves with this amazing podcast.
Inspire Self - The Mind And The Stormy Ocean
Inspire Self - The Power Of Thoughts
Inspire Self - From Candles to Soap
Inspire Self - You Are Made To Fly High
Inspire Self - Sharpen Your Axe
Inspire Self - Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee
Inspire Self - The Window Seat
Inspire Self - The Donkey In The Well
Inspire Self - Learn To Appreciate
Inspire Self - Sometimes Just Let It Be
Inspire Self - The Marble Statue
Inspire Self - Dreams are Possible
Inspire Self - The Young Buffalo Facing the Fear
Inspire Self - Are you Growing Up or Growing Older?
Inspire Self - The Folly of Clinging
Inspire Self - The Weight of the Glass
Once upon a time a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I’m holding?”
Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a couple pounds.
She replied, “From my perspective, the absolute weight of this glass doesn’t matter. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it’s fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel completely numb and paralyzed, forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me.”
As the class shook their heads in agreement, she continued, “Your stresses and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb and paralyzed – incapable of doing anything else until you drop them.”
The moral: It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still feel the weight of yesterday’s stress, it’s a strong sign that it’s time to put the glass down.
Your turn – lets have a growth mind set and see the possibilities of finding out the right attitude to live life beautifully and burden free. Remember always perception is projection..If you perceive happiness, you will project happiness…Its not that you don’t have to take stress, calculation is important…How much stress has to be taken for things, events, people around us, what cost we are paying by taking that stress has to be considered…so be wise, use your energy in positive direction as energy flows where the focus is…
See you tomorrow…till then practice let go attitude…
Inspire Self- All the Difference in the World
Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. There’s a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her.
This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was in fact a small trap. There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap. She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush.
“Hello,” I said. “I see you here every Sunday morning. If you don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”
She smiled. “I’m cleaning off their shells,” she replied. “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim. It can also corrode and weaken the shell over time.”
“Wow! That’s really nice of you!” I exclaimed.
She went on: “I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It’s my own strange way of making a difference.”
“But don’t most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum hanging from their shells?” I asked.
“Yep, sadly, they do,” she replied.
I scratched my head. “Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? I mean, I think your efforts are kind and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all around the world. And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no offense… but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly making a difference?”
The woman giggled aloud. She then looked down at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”
The moral: You can change the world – maybe not all at once, but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a difference. It does.
Your turn – Looking to the outside scenario, be safe at home, inspire others to stay at home, one small step of not going out can save millions of lives…..its not limited to this time period, once we are free again with this pandemic, this new habit of taking one right step at the right moment can lead you to your success…
We call can take small steps and bring change in our world..One step that can change our perspective towards life..one step that can become our positive habit…
See you tomorrow in the next podcast…till then focus on your actions…