Life and A Cup Of Coffee

Hi

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 coffee.

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 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 intothe 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 a 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 ball are the important things--your family, your children, your health, 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 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 spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18 holes.
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. "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 cup of coffee with ur friend."

just finished Three weeks with my brother by nicholas sparks. hes truly one very admirable man. i dont know if i wanna recommend this book... to people that feel that their lives are so screwed up and meaningless and all that, if you read this book, my you'd be so ashamed at yourself because what you're going through is nothing compared to what nicholas went through!(at least for myself)

then theres the other spectrum, people who read it that gets affected easily..or if you just do have a conscious really. you feel really sad for nicholas and his brother, micah. feel so sad that they have to go through so much and maybe cant help it but cry.

it's painful to hear how much someone has to go through.

am talking with nicole (on, hear this, msn) and wow, shes such an optimistic girl really. she's looking forward to christmas cos it's coming--her tone just says it all... i was thinking, but no i'm not looking forward to it. heck, im not even looking forward to each day. because that'll mean one day nearer to start of hols, one day nearer to a levels.i'm not ready for that. but time just goes no matter what you're feeling and hey might as well just go with the flow ay? oh well, no point staying upset yeah man, shes right, no point dreading a new day. since time won't go against science and days will just roll by, might as well be happy and live it to the best !

let me share with y'all sth. mg prefect 06 created some yahoo acct for easy communications. and now that its 07, i guess the acct is kinda forsaken.but recently, i've been receiving a lot of mails from that acct. apparently there are users in mgpb06 like Lovely Kurdi and Mad Girl (or sth) and they keep sending us random emails. just like that story i pasted above.. and it's rather cool so i read all of those emails though they spam my inbox. one email can be on some cool art, another on some life lesson etc. just serves as a reminder to my rather busy life. these lessons actly tie in (more or less lah... here and there) with some christian teachings so yes, it's cool.

so in response to what i've just learnt from nicole, i cant wait for camp! :)