During the holiday season, we seem to experience more stress than usual for our lives. This week, I will share some thoughts on stress management.

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 20 grams to 500 grams. 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 and my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. And each case, it's the same way that the longer I hold it heavier it becomes.” He continued. “And that's the way it is with stress management.“

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Christmas is a time when our thoughts turn to the special people God has brought into our lives. And as we remember, our hearts are warmed with love. Have you written that Christmas letter yet? Christmas epistles provide a capsule accounting of the important events which would otherwise be forgotten in the faded memory of our minds.

They reflect for generations to come the love, joy and hope that where your footprints and the sands of time. Even if others do not appreciate the exercise, it is a great gift to give to yourself and your family. The gift of memories.

I received from Jane Graph, “The 10 Commandments of Christmas letters,” and felt you would appreciate reading these commandments.

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