[BCVHFA] Fw: Fw: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:24:07 +0000

This is just far to important, not to share with my friends.

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Tom Isgro
Hamilton, OH
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From:    Gene F Reber <[email protected]>
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Subject: Fw: Fw: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
Date:    Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:01:39 -0500

Now, this is something to think about?.

Subject: Golf Balls

A professor stood before his Philosophy 101 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 proceeded to fill it with
golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They
agreed that it was.

So 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 golf balls. He then asked the
students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of
course, the sand filled up every thing else. He then asked once more
if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous - - yes.

The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table
and proceeded to pour the entire contents in! to 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 - - your family, your partner, your health, your
children, your friends, your favorite passions - - 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."

"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 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. Play with your
children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out
dancing. Play another 18.

There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a
dinner party and fix the disposal."

"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 beer
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 beers

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