The facilitator walked around the room,
As she raised a glass of water, I expected her to ask the “half empty or half full” question.
Instead, she ask the class: ”How heavy is this glass of water?”
She says that “It depends on how long I hold it.”
If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm.
If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed.
The weight of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
She continued, “The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water.
Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt.
And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything.”
It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them forever.
Remember to put the glass down!
Many of us are holding on to our dark past, we continue to beat ourselves up instead of getting well. Remember to put the glass down, it is high time for the misery and suffering to stop and let the healing begin.