Theresa Kusner is a teacher and tutor at Columbus State Community College. She and JoAnn Hensley are two of my favorites there at CSCC among a very wonderful group of teachers. They send me many good messages. I continue tutoring with them in the Developmental Education Math Lab.
I would love to teach as I did for several years until I couldn't hear well enough. Mr. McGear can't hear, you know. I have forgotten so much of the wonderful things Terri has told me about her dad, Elmer Bukey, but I remember that he had war experience in the Big One. Elmer and
Terri's mother live in FL. I appreciate Mr. Bukey's message here.
----- Original Message -----
From: Theresa Kusner
To: Debbie Barie ; Patricia Cass ; Jennifer Dragoo ; Sue Hargrove ; JoAnn Hensley ; JeanAnn Hilbert ; Sam Kegley ; Theresa Klein ; Alice Kusner ; Betsy O'Connor ; Annetta Zeman
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:42 PM
Subject: Fw: A Great Lesson Here
From: Elmer Bukey
Subject: A Great Lesson Here
uckeye55@cfl.rr.com
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 3:43 AM
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 20g to 500g.
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.'
So, my friend, put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
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Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:
*
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
and some days you're the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet,
just in case you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good
if you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
recalled by their maker.
* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
it was probably worth it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply be kind to others.
* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,
because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
* Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.
* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you.
The more you have, the longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty
and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors,
but they all have to live in the same box.
*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
*
Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you
today...I did.
Ding Hao
My China Days Web Site Index Page
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