Relaxation Day
When : August 15th
Posted on 08/15/2014 5:27:17 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
When : August 15th
Relaxation Day is a day to kick back and do nothing. Ahhhh! What a great day.
The stresses, the hustle and bustle seemingly consumes us, every day of the year. Even Sundays are no longer days of rest and relaxation. There never seems to be a day to just kick back and relax. For those us with a hectic lifestyle, Relaxation Day is a day to look forward to. It provides a break from the madness of your busy work and personal schedule. Todays is the day to enjoy either doing absolutely nothing, or partaking in your favorite relaxation activity.
Avoiding stressful activities today is the rule. For example, if golf is your favorite hobby, yet it can cause you stress, then make plans to play golf another day. Spending the day in a hammock is a far more appropriate activity.
Top Ten ideas to enjoy on Relaxation Day:
Will I Live to see 80?
Here's something to think about.
I recently picked a new primary care doctor.
After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing 'fairly well' for my age. (I just turned "seventy- ish ").
A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him,
'Do you think I'll live to be 80?'
He asked, Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor? 
'Oh no,' I replied. 'I'm not doing drugs, either!'
Then he asked, 'Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?
'I said, 'Not much... my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!'
'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, boating, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?
'No, I don't,' I said.
He asked, 'Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have lots of sex?'
'No,' I said.
He looked at me and said, 'Then, why do you even give a $h!t?
The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it. ~Author Unknown
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ~Will Rogers, Autobiography, 1949
There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. ~Peter Drucker
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ~Bertrand Russell
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. ~Natalie Goldberg, Wild Mind
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. ~Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne
Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way. ~Douglas Pagels, These Are the Gifts I'd Like to Give to You
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ~Jennifer Yane
There is more to life than increasing its speed. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. ~H.L. Mencken
God didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can? ~Author Unknown
Stress is the trash of modern life — we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life. ~Terri Guillemets
The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. ~Aesop, Fables
Releasing the pressure, it's good for the teapot and the water. Try it sometime. ~Jeb Dickerson
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. ~Spanish Proverb
Like steam from a cup of hot tea that fogs our glasses, false urgency of matters at hand blurs our vision to important things in the distance. ~Terri Guillemets
Each day should have a clearly marked emergency exit sign. ~Dr. SunWolf,
If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched. ~Terri Guillemets
When Mozart was composing at the end of the eighteenth century, the city of Vienna was so quiet that fire alarms could be given verbally, by a shouting watchman mounted on top of St. Stefan's Cathedral. In twentieth-century society, the noise level is such that it keeps knocking our bodies out of tune and out of their natural rhythms. This ever-increasing assault of sound upon our ears, minds, and bodies adds to the stress load of civilized beings trying to live in a highly complex environment. ~Steven Halpern
Loafing needs no explanation and is its own excuse. ~Christopher Morley
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. ~Jerome K. Jerome, The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
I try to avoid stress — it makes me feel like I'm rubber-stamping all my organs "Urgent!" ~Terri Guillemets
Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply? ~Terri Guillemets
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. ~Etty Hillesum
The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on. ~Elbert Hubbard
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. ~Richard Carlson
For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ~Lily Tomlin
Good Morning, Top Ten!
Silliness from Germany today! Schones Wochenende everyone!
THE DEBT CEILING (h/t Mike in AZ)
* Democrats don't understand THE DEBT CEILING
* Republicans don't understand THE DEBT CEILING
* Liberals don't understand THE DEBT CEILING
* NO ONE understands THE DEBT CEILING
* SO - Allow me to explain.
Let's say you come home from work and find there has been a sewer backup in your neighborhood. Your home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings.
What do you think you do -- raise the ceiling or pump out all the sh!t?
Your choice is coming in November. Don't miss the opportunity.
Top 15...woohoo
Did you spot the error in this Downton Abbey Series 5 press photo?
*water bottle on fireplace mantle*
I see the plastic bottle :)
Obama pranced while Ferguson burned.
awesome!
Cheer up baby - sez right here on FreeRepublic that it's relaxing day. Let's call
out for some chinese and just spend the day right here. Come on baby baby ...
Whomp! *ouch* that hurt baby
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