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very once and a while something will come across The Consigliere's™ desk that he feels he wants to share it with everyone. So each week we shall post something different that he wants us to share with everyone.
This week we shall feature "A Great Message"
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" in diameter.
H e then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
S o 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. The students laughed. He asked his students again if the jar was full. They agreed that yes, it was.
T he 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.
T he 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.
W he pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, house, or car.
T he sand is everything else, the small stuff. If you put the sand or the pebbles in to the jar first, there is no room for the rocks.
T he 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.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
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.
Contributed by:
Blinky
Date :
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:44:30 EST
Credits:
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