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Please take time to remember the important things

  • 27-08-2008 7:07pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭


    Two Glasses of Wine

    When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
    when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the
    mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of wine...


    A professor stood before his philosophy class and had
    some items in front of him. When the class began,
    wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty
    mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

    He then asked the students if the jar was full. They
    agreed that it was.

    The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
    them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into

    the open areas between the golf balls.
    He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

    They agreed it was.

    The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it
    into the jar.

    Of course, the sand filled up everything else He asked
    once more if the jar was full.

    The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

    The professor then produced two glasses of wine from
    under the table and poured the entire contents into the
    jar, effectively filling the empty space between the
    sand. The students laughed.


    'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I
    want you to recognise that this jar represents your life.
    The golf balls are the important things; your family,
    your children, your health, your friends, and your
    favourite passions; things that if everything else was
    lost and only they remained, your life would still be
    full.

    The pebbles are the other things that matter like your
    job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything
    else; the small stuff.

    If you put the sand into the jar first, he continued,
    there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.

    The same goes for life: If you spend all your time and
    energy on the small Stuff.

    Pay attention to the things that are critical to your
    happiness.

    Play with your children. Take time to get medical
    check ups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another
    18 holes. There will always be time to clean the house
    and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first;
    the Things that really matter. Set your priorities. The
    rest is just sand.'

    One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the
    wine represented.

    The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked. It just goes
    to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
    there's always room for a couple of glasses of wine with
    a friend.'
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Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    kleefarr wrote: »
    Play with your children

    It's k, snyper has that covered.


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