Re: Story

From: Millie (milliem@citlink.net)
Mon Jul 30 18:05:49 2001


Dear Helen, Very well said!! Housework and those minor things can surely wait! Millie

> ----- Original Message -----
From: Hchalm@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 6:10 PM Subject: RE: Story

>A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in
> front
> >of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty
> mayonnaise
>
>jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2"
>
> >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 in to
> the
>
>jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the
> open
> >areas between the rocks. The students laughed.
> >
>
> He asked his students again if the jar was full? They agreed that yes,
> it
> >was.
>
>The professor then 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 - anything that is so important to you that if it
>
>
>were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other
> things
>
>in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent
> things
> >like your job, your house, your car.
> >
>
>Te sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand or the
>
>pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same
> goes
>
>for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff,
>
>
>material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly
> >most important.
> >
>
>Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with
> your
>
>children. Take your partner out dancing. Tere will always be time to go
> to
>
>work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal." Take
> care
>
>of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities.
>
> >
> >The rest is just pebbles and sand.
> >


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