"A JAR OF ROCKS"

"A JAR OF ROCKS"

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 pickle 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 all agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up
a box of pebbles and poured them in
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 all 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 apply this to 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, house, or 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
really important in your life."

Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the leaky roof.

"Take care of the rocks first"
Set your priorities, to the things that really matter.

The rest are just, Pebbles and Sand.

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