Twitter is killing my Posterous on April 30, 2013.

This was my very first post there, on March 1, 2010.

I'll copy it over here so I can come back to it. And copy others in the next few months.

Something has you feeling stressed. You need to let go.Moses let go. Jesus let go. Socrates let go. Buddha let go.

Lao Tse espoused letting go; a jug fills drop by drop:

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. 

But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.

Paulo Coelho (or unknown) also whispered the benefits of letting go,

Everything will be okay in the end.If it's not okay, it's not the end.

If you need to get out of your head for a few moments to breathe and relax your mind, lose yourself in this OK Go video ...

11 tips when you're feeling anxious or overwhelmed:

• Breathe deeply, over and over.
• Be here now.
• Reflect.
• Remember that worrying is suffering in advance.
• Remember that only kindness matters in the end.
• Remember that this too shall pass.
• Get up. Keep breathing deeply.
• Include an attitude of gratitude.
• Be excellent.
• Repeat as needed.
• Simplify as needed.

Notes about the video:

• Four making-of videos, by NPR
• Secrets of OK Go's videos, by Gizmodo

And remember, there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

...and then, enlightenment...

Comments from that page...

A guide to meditation for the rest of us:

http://lifehacker.com/5591576/a-guide-to-meditation-for-the-rest-of-us

Inception is about letting go:

http://gigaom.com/2010/07/24/7-reasons-why-techies-love-inception/

What is the origin of the phrase "This too shall pass"?

http://www.quora.com/Phrase-Origins/What-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-this-too...

And more about the phrase:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_too_shall_pass

Yoda to Anakin in Episode III: "Careful you must be when sensing the future, Anakin. The fear of loss is a path to the Dark Side... Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into The Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is... Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing...is nothing.
They say avoid suffering and sorrow but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitudes they are a slave, they have forfeited thier freedom.
Only a person who risks...is free.
~ Author Unknown

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ~ Rudyard Kipling

The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. ~ William Wordsworth

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed. ~ Albert Einstein

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm ~ Sir Winston Churchill

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we might oft win, by fearing to attempt. ~ Shakespeare

It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how strong the man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if fails, at least fails while daring greatly -so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt

Life Lessons:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 
5. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 
6. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. 
7. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. 
8. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 
9. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it. 
10. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. 
11. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying. 
12. You can get through anything if you stay put in today. 
13. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write. 
14. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
~ Amy Lindsay,

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=505469202&sk=info

‎"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. When I give myself, I become more. When I feel most destroyed, I am about to grow. When I desire nothing, a great deal comes to me." - The Tao of Leadership

http://www.facebook.com/adam.rifkin/posts/10150171436120415

Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the question now. Perhaps then, some day far in the future, you will gradually without even noticing it, live your way in to the answer. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell

(from Kristen Collins, http://www.facebook.com/kristencollins7 )

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.

http://ifindkarma.posterous.com/omar-ahmad-i-miss-you

Hang in there. Things fall apart so things can fall together. ~Dan Zadra

http://www.facebook.com/adam.rifkin/posts/10150302203670415

“Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response to what happens and response is something we can choose.” - Maureen Killoran

http://twitter.com/ireneau/status/144554909767958529

http://www.facebook.com/adam.rifkin/posts/10150408871020415

Be grateful for every breath.

http://ifindkarma.posterous.com/be-grateful-for-every-breath

Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.

http://ifindkarma.tumblr.com/post/14287889667/learning-is-a-gift-even-when-pa...

I know that it hurts, but keep trying.

http://ifindkarma.tumblr.com/post/14332748423/i-know-that-it-hurts-but-keep-t...

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

http://ifindkarma.tumblr.com/post/14332634365/its-not-whether-you-get-knocked...

If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction. ~ Martin Kornfeld

http://ifindkarma.tumblr.com/post/14331993063/if-we-all-do-one-random-act-of-...

Life is like business. It's 20% what happens to you, and 80% how you react.

http://ifindkarma.posterous.com/life-is-like-business-its-20-percent-what-hap

The 12 Laws of Karma:

http://pandawhale.com/convo/539/the-12-laws-of-karma