| I was driving down the street the other day, and as I | | | | back is a boat. This truck would've been like trying to |
| approached the end of the cul-de-sac I couldn't believe | | | | drive a boat with a prop in the front. And barely in the |
| my eyes. There was a crew of construction workers | | | | water at that. |
| ripping the approach of a driveway out. | | | | In today's world their are far too many of us trying to |
| No big deal...right? | | | | carry a load that is way to big and heavy. We're trying |
| Right, this happens everyday. Fine, but the part I found | | | | to do it all right now and we're always "busy." And |
| unbelievable was the amount of concrete they were | | | | don't get busy confused with productive, they are |
| putting in the trailer. They had a half-ton pickup hooked | | | | completely different animals. What I'm suggesting is |
| up to this pretty beefy trailer. Half-ton pickups are not | | | | you step back and take a look at your life. If the "boss" |
| designed to pull "beefy" trailers. They are designed for | | | | hadn't looked at that truck who knows how full they |
| some "light" work and to pull small loads. If you want to | | | | would've kept piling that concrete. |
| pull a trailer full of concrete, get a one ton or larger | | | | What do you have in your life right now that's causing |
| pickup. But this isn't about pickups. | | | | stress, that you don't have to have? You don't have to |
| Pretty soon, one of the workers noticed the tongue of | | | | have that new car, tv or all those new clothes. Not if |
| the trailer, where it connects to the truck, was about | | | | they are causing financial strain--which leads to stress |
| two inches from touching the ground. This is bad. I | | | | that leads to arguments, that leads to... |
| watched as they all gathered around to discuss the | | | | What would you change to alleviate stress from your |
| problem. All of them except the skid-loader operator. | | | | life? I bet that pickup wished he was a dump truck to |
| He kept putting concrete in the trailer, but not for long. | | | | take some stress off his axles, and every other part. I |
| Then it was if a light bulb went off. I thought they were | | | | didn't ask what can you change, because you can |
| going to unload some of the concrete. | | | | change everything over time and with a plan. If you |
| Nope. | | | | want to bad enough. Ok, almost everything for you |
| They decided to just move the load more towards the | | | | cynics...you can't stop a tsunami, etc. |
| back of the trailer. I forgot to mention, the tires on the | | | | Analyze your life, write everything about it down. Make |
| front of the pickup were already barely touching the | | | | a list of what you like and don't like. Then, it's just the |
| ground. This is no exaggeration either. Thankfully, it | | | | process of elimination. The great thing about being |
| must've been the "boss," noticed they weren't gaining | | | | human is you can start over and fix things--if you're |
| much ground and they started unloading the concrete. | | | | willing. Unfortunately, if you don't lighten the load and |
| Very wise move. They were going to have to make | | | | reassess the situation, something is bound to snap. |
| at least two trips anyway, so they might as well make | | | | Throw some of those chunks out of your life. You'll |
| it safe. | | | | feel better, and so will the people around you. |
| As far as I know, the only thing you steer from the | | | | |