Can one overdose on chocolate?

My birthday yesterday happened to be on a day when I felt as miserable as one could get before they realize - hey!! Maybe it's time for some anti-depressants. But I was able to get out of my black mood that day. Everyone tried to wish me well at work and I just looked absolutely grimful. But by mid-morning my eldest daughters surprised me by trotting into my office bearing a huge chocolate cake (my favorite food) and flowers, that looked like poppies - the flowers you make opium with - and they just smelled wonderful! 2 minutes later there was another delivery of chocolate cake from the office staff. I don't remember the last time I so quickly switched from sorrow to joy in such a short time. I indulged happily in cake all day. I had to work late with some faculty at another office until 7:30 that evening. They must have heard about my chocolate addiction because they walked into the meeting with yet another fabulous chocolate layer cake. By the end of the evening, I was palpatating from all the chocolate and all the caffeine and all the sugar. I also couldn't sleep well. Nevertheless all that cake made me feel very appreciated at my place of work -which makes working for 12 hours a day very much worth it.

And a co-worker send me this lovely piece of whatever it is you get in those e-mails that get passed around the world.

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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. Relax; pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it!"

And then he shared some 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 to serve as a warning to others.

* Never buy a car you can't push.

* 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 theworld 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 a great week... and know that someone has thought about you today. . . . I did!