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> > > >Subject: A fine philosophy on life 
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> > > > 
> > > >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. 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 rocks. He then 
> > > >asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it 
> > > >was. The students laughed. The professor 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 
> > > >recognise 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." "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. Play with your children. Take time to get medical 
> > > >checkups. Takeyour partner out dancing. There will always be 
> > > >time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and 
> > > >fix the toilet." "Take care of the rocks first - the things that 
> > > >really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand." 
> > > > 
> > > >But then... A 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 tale is: 
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> > > > 
> > > >That no matter how full your life is, there is always room 
> > > >for BEER. 
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> > > 


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