A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter. 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 rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed 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 - 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, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff."
He continued, "If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your 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. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."Which reminds me, there's an epilogue to my previous story.
After the professor told the class, "Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand" an engineering student then took the jar which the other students and the professor agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer. Of course the beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full.
The moral of this story is: no matter how full your life is, there is always room for BEER.
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Mums darbā šitā stāsta klipiņu demonstrējot lielos akmeņus gan neviens par ģimeni un ārpusdarba vērtībām nesauca :D Akmeņi bija lielie DARBA projekti :))) Nu morāles morāli - visu var interpretet un pagriezt sev vēlamā virzienā
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Vismaz par alu kāds atcerējās? Lai cik arī labi izplānots būtu projekts, loderēšanai un aliņam vienmēr laiks atradīsies :)
Nu, bet shanietis! Protaks, ka alu neviens nepieminēja. Es īsti pat vairs neatceros, bet pieļauju, ka aliņa vieta tika ūdens liets ;D
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