The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: melodrama on January 06, 2012, 09:57:26 am
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Just read this and it made me smile so I thought I would share
A mayonnaise jar and two beers: 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 two beers. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly 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 beers 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 favorite passions - and 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 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. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Spend time with your family, visit with grandparents, take time to get medical checkups, take your partner out to dinner, go fishing or play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and replace lightbulbs. Always remember to 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 beer represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked'. 'The beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of beers with a friend'. Have you got your priorities right?
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Amazing and so true :)
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I like this - don't live it, but like it ;D
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Read it, like it, read to OH and will try to think of that at least once a day xx
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very clever
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Heard that before, but the version I saw had it as a couple of cups of coffee! Always room/ time for a cuppa!
Beth
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Beth, I think the coffee would suit me better - don't like beer x