As I sit here sipping my first cup of coffee I think of my friends scattered around the Earth. It is always a joy to sit and chat with each of you. The following is not original. I found it years ago anonymously posted on the web. If you know who wrote it, please, convey my thanks for a piece so precious that I must share it with my friends.
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 cups of coffee 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 recognize that
this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - God, family,
children, health, friends, and favorite passions -- things that if everything else was
lost and only they remained, your life would still be full and fulfilled The pebbles
are the other things that matter like your job, house, and 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,
you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
So, pay attention to the things that are critical to your life and purpose. Play With your
children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner.
Play another 18. 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 coffee 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 cups of coffee
with a friend.
2 comments:
Awesome!
that reminds me of a nother teaching it is some of the same if you get a jar of bb and throw it all fully on the ground and try to pick each of them up it would take a very long time to do and if you tied a roap on a jar with a banana in it in the jungle you can catch a monkey because they will not let go of it there hand is stuck in the jar and in life we get the same way we lose our focus it is what the world dose to us when we are looking at all the stuff and not to our father who love us who is showing us a beter way but if I was to say any thing is were ever is your heart there wil be your treasure
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