A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a large, empty jar and filled 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.He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students in a Yes.
The professor then got a cup of coffee from under the table and poured the content into the jar, filling the empty space between the sand.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your God, family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite 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...your partner, ur children, ur frenz n ur passion"
"Take care of golf balls first and then the petty things can be looked into. The rest is all sand"
One of the students raised her hand and asked what the coffee meant & the proffessor replied- The coffee shows that howsoever busy you may be but there always some time for a coffee with ur frenz. : )
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