!!!!!!!!Toooo Good!!!!!!!!

 

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the World.

--- Nelson Mandela

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From: Subject: !!!!!!!!Toooo Good!!!!!!!!

                                                                           

     è  When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24         

  hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2     

  cups of coffee.                                                          

                                                                           

  A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items         

  in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly 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. 

                                                                           

                                                                           

  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 b etween 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 cups of coffee 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---your family, your children, your health, your friends 

  and your favorite passions---and 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 and 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 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. Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents.  

  Visit with grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your    

  spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to      

  clean the house 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 coffee         

  represented. The professor smiled and said, "I'm glad you asked."        

                                                                           

  The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may          

  seem, there's always room for a couple of cups o f coffee with a friend."

                                                                           

                                                                            

  Please share this with someone you care about..                          

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