[[ *Living In My Own World __

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Hmm.. recieved this email from felicia sometime back.. thought it's nice to share though. =)..

{Mayonnaise Jar and 2 cups of coffee}

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 cups of
coffee..

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 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, and 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: your God, 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, you will never have room
for the things that
are important to you.

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

Life goes on...

9:45 PM