It
was a star studded night and all the celestials were present to witness the
coronation of Miss Stress Management, Cinderella. The competition was a tough
one with competitors like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Barbie and Juliette.
Their beauty was unbounded but beauty was not all that mattered that evening. All
that glitterati must mean something and for all those who are still wondering,
what’s it all about? Well read ahead the long story short.
Stress
management is the management of body’s and mind’s process for dealing with
uncertain change and danger. So this year Miss Stress Management program was
initiated so that those damsels in distress could be honored who have managed
their Stress efficiently and changed their fortunes. It was a tough call to
choose the nominations. But eventually the above mentioned damsels were chosen.
They all had great stories to tell but Cinderella was the shining star.
Let
us take a look at Cinderella before the pageant. She was just an ordinary girl
who was mentally abused by her two evil step sisters. Her father’s huge
Victorian house was completely cleaned and maintained by Cinderella herself.
Even through her busy schedule and the stress she updated herself with the latest
happenings in her town, that is, The Royal Ball. With all the stress of cleaning
and cooking, she still made dazzling dresses for her evil sisters, who, for a
change, were looking royalty that evening. The reporters interviewed
Cinderella’s evil step mother for more information on her daily schedule. She
said, “Cinderella was a darling! She never gave me the reason to complain, I
never knew if she ever had any stress. It was because I worked on Theory X to
motivate her that she reached this height today.” Tears of joy were glistening
in her eyes.
All
that motivation of Cinderella’s evil step mother paid off when Fairy God Mother
gave her the performance appraisal. One could witness the optimum utilization
of the resources by Fairy God Mother when she turned the pumpkin into a
carriage, the rats into horses and the lizards into footmen. Her hard work was
rewarded by the attention of the dashing and handsome Prince Charming. That
night was very stressful Cinderella so Fairy God Mother chalked her Time
Management chart. Fairy God Mother was interviewed after the pageant, she said,
“Cinderella had just had her performance appraisal and she was also the most
efficient member of my team. I couldn’t cut her a slack because of some Prince
Charming.” To meet the dead line Cinderella had run away from the Ball but in
her haste she had dropped off her shoe.
Cinderella
managed to get home on time and also did all the house chores. She utilized Stress
management techniques to balance with her hectic house chores schedules and her
now frequent day dreams. Fairy God Mother being a fair manager knew all about
her efficiency and loyalty towards her job and so in order to reward her she
came up with Cinderella’s succession planning. After a long wait, Prince
Charming, one day came to her door and wanted the evil step sisters to try the
one shoe left at The Ball. Prince Charming wanted to do an elaborate search
thus he even called Cinderella, even though she was dressed like the house
maid. The story ahead has become immortal and need not be narrated.
Cinderella
in her show stopping evening gown was asked about the reason to her success,
she said, tears poring down her eyes, “I owe it all my Stress management
classes that I took to over come the depression of Dad getting remarried and
all. If you have an evil step mother and two evil step sisters you are bound to
have some or the other kind of stress.” We asked her about how she managed it
all? She said, “Well, it’s very simple you see. I do a lot of self reflection. It helps to think
clearly. During the times when stress was unbearable I used to call on Fairy God
Mother and talked to her. That
helped me a lot. Breathing techniques
are the best stress busters. My day dreams were a part of my stress management
programs they helped me to visualize the
best places in the world with my Prince.
But one thing I never let go off is my personal Time. No matter how busy I am I always give myself and my
family personal time. I am sure it can be the key to any one’s success, for me
it was.”
So
my dear readers that was Miss Stress Management Cinderella. I am sure you must
have got the hint. Stress management is not just a pageant but also a key to
success. Just like the immortal fairy tale of Cinderella!
