Saturday, August 06, 2005

I'm a philosophical man.

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in
front of him.

When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise
jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it
was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them
into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled
into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students
again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was. The students laughed. The professor picked up a
box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up
everything else.

"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your
life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner,
your health, your children - 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, your car. The
sand is everything else, the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the
pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your 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. Take care of the rocks first - the
things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just
sand."

But then a student then took the jar, which the other students and the
professor agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer.
Of course the beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making
the jar truly full.

The moral of this tale is: no matter how full your life is, there is
always room for beer.

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