{"id":8220,"date":"2013-12-24T09:21:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T23:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2024-07-06T02:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:18:24","slug":"remember-to-put-down-the-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=8220","title":{"rendered":"Remember To Put Down The Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HalfAGlassOfWater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8221\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HalfAGlassOfWater-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"Remember To Put Down The Glass\" width=\"737\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HalfAGlassOfWater-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HalfAGlassOfWater.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a>A lecturer walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they&#8217;d be asked the &#8220;half empty or half full&#8221; question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: &#8220;How heavy is this glass of water?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.<\/p>\n<p>She replied, &#8220;The absolute weight doesn&#8217;t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it&#8217;s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I&#8217;ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralysed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn&#8217;t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.&#8221; She continued, &#8220;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 paralysed \u2013 incapable of doing anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Remember to put the glass down<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lecturer walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they&#8217;d be asked the &#8220;half empty or half full&#8221; question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: &#8220;How heavy is this glass of water?&#8221; Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=8220\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remember To Put Down The Glass&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54817,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions\/54817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}