Important thing in life
Wycliffe Obutu
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 hours in a day is not enough;
Remember the Mayonnaise Jar and 2 glasses of wine .
A professor stood before his philosophy class
And had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
And start to fill 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
It 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. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded
With an unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table
And poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
Filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - Family,
Children, Friends, health, and favourite passions,
Things that if everything else was lost
And only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and 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.
So...
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time
To clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
'Take care of the golf balls first --
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand
And inquired what the wine represented.
The professor smiled.
'I'm glad you asked!'.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of glasses of wine with a friend.' !!
Please share this with other "Golf Balls"
I just did......
Benjamin Magana
| Obutu, acha jokes. Have you of late become some sort of charlatan motivational speaker or something? Everything but chess is what you feed us on... I'm on --- On Mon, 3/29/10, Wycliffe Obutu <obutuw...@yahoo.com> wrote: |
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chessleo2
your time on this forum.
On Mar 29, 8:44 am, Benjamin Magana <bmagnum2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Obutu, acha jokes.
>
> Have you of late become some sort of charlatan motivational speaker or something? Everything but chess is what you feed us on...
>
> I'm on + 254 722 619441
>
> --- On Mon, 3/29/10, Wycliffe Obutu <obutuwycli...@yahoo.com> wrote:
rehema maria
Regional Champ
the 'pebbles' area chesswise.
On 3/30/10, rehema maria <rehema...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought so too,ha?!
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Benjamin Magana
> <bmagn...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Obutu, acha jokes.
>>
>> Have you of late become some sort of charlatan motivational speaker or
>> something? Everything but chess is what you feed us on...
>>
>> *I'm on*
>> *+ 254 722 619441*
>>
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 3/29/10, Wycliffe Obutu <obutuw...@yahoo.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Wycliffe Obutu <obutuw...@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [KCF:12508] Important thing in life
>> To: kenya-ch...@googlegroups.com, onda...@yahoo.com, "Tom Njeru" <
>> tomn...@yahoo.com>, "sam olinda" <samu...@yahoo.com>, "sam olinda" <
>> samu...@yahoo.com>, jayk...@yahoo.com, "Jimmy Chege"
>> <gmf...@yahoo.com>,
>> mars...@yahoo.com, pmuc...@safaricom.co.ke
>> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 8:14 AM
>>
>>
>> *The Mayonnaise Jar
>> *
>> When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
>> When 24 hours in a day is not enough;
>>
>> *Remember the Mayonnaise Jar and 2 * *glasses of wine* .
>>
>>
>> A professor stood before his philosophy class
>> And had some items in front of him.
>> When the class began, wordlessly,
>> He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
>> And start to fill 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
>> It 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. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
>> He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded
>> With an unanimous 'yes.'
>>
>> The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table
>> And poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
>> Filling the empty space between the sand.
>> The students laughed.
>>
>> 'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
>>
>>
>> *'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.*
>>
>> *The golf balls are the important things - Family,
>> Children, Friends, health, and favourite passions,
>> *Things that if everything else was lost
>>
>> And only they remained, your life would still be full.
>>
>> *The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and 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.
>>
>> So...
>>
>> Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
>> Play with your children.
>> Take time to get medical checkups.
>> Take your partner out to dinner.
>>
>> There will always be time
>> To clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
>>
>> *'Take care of the golf balls first *--
>> The things that really matter.
>> Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
>>
>> One of the students raised her hand
>> And inquired what the wine represented.
>>
>> The professor smiled.
>>
>> 'I'm glad you asked!'.
>>
>> *It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
>> there's always room for a couple of * *glasses of wine* * with a friend.'
>> !!
>> *
>> Please share this with other "Golf Balls"
>>
>> I just did......
>>
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