24h
When you feel you are losing control of your life, when 24 hours a day is not enough, remember the jars of pickles and coffee.
The professor stood before his philosophy class and held some
objects behind ..
When the clock began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty jar of pickles, placed it on his desk and turned the tennis balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
Gently he shook. The pebbles rolled into the empty space
between the balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
Again the answer is yes.
Next box by the professor took, was full of sand. When it is
poured, sand is, of course, fulfill all the remaining holes in the jar.
He asked once more if the jar was full!?
Students are humbly replied that it is.
Then the professor under the table took out two cups full of coffee and poured them into
jar .. Coffee soaked sand. The students laughed.
'Now !? ", he said as the laughter died down,' I want you to understand that this
jar represents your life.
Tennis balls are the important things in your life: your family, your children, your health, your faith and things that I passionately teach.
These are the things with which to make your life continue to be fulfilled, and if everything else was lost. The pebbles are the things that are important: your job, your house and your car.
Sand is everything else. Little things.
If you first fill the jar with sand, there is no room for the pebbles and tennis balls.
The same is in life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small
things, you will never have a place and time for those important things.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children.
Make time to go to the doctor.
Take your partner out to dinner..
There will always be time to clean the house and do the repairs.
First take care of tennis balls - things that are really important.
Determine your priorities ..
Everything else is sand.
One of the students raised her hand and asked what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled:
'I'm glad you asked. New pour, to show you that no matter how much you think your life is full, there is always room for a cup of coffee with a friend or family.