Words to live by

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Priorities in Life!

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

The 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

 

  There 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 they things that really matter.

 

 

 

  Set your priorities.

 

 

 

  The rest is just pebbles and sand