A Mayonnaise Jar

[4Horsn2]

I received this in an email from a family member yesterday...It really makes one think a bit. Where does this investment fit into your life? Dont let it get the best of you...its only the sand...dont forget about the golf balls!!

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 Beers.

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 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 Beers 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 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 Beer represented..

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

The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.

[palung]

Nice!!!! LOL at the last sentence.

[Dalite]

Attention Budweiser

I see Super Bowl material here.

+1 for sharing the purpose of life..

[patb1]

A very worthwhile life statement.

I just want to add 1 thing

The difference between a glass Mayonnaise jar and A plastic Mayonnaise jar.

Glass is fragile just like our life, without God in our life if we drop our Jar made of Glass it shatters and breaks and our life falls apart and is spread all over the place with no direction as to where it will end up.

Plastic is flexible, and if we have God in our life and we drop our jar made of plastic, while things my be tossed and turned about a bit , our life is still held togehter and we can shake our selves off and get reorganised. PB

Now I just wish I was as good at living my life with God at my center as I am writting about it.

Have a nice day and what ever you do , DO not swing your own club at your own jar.

GO RV

[redhotbean]

Thanks for that!! It is true we need to stop and think and remember what we have and how special it is!! +1 for you!!

[4Horsn2]

A very worthwhile life statement.

I just want to add 1 thing

The difference between a glass Mayonnaise jar and A plastic Mayonnaise jar.

Glass is fragile just like our life, without God in our life if we drop our Jar made of Glass it shatters and breaks and our life falls apart and is spread all over the place with no direction as to where it will end up.

Plastic is flexible, and if we have God in our life and we drop our jar made of plastic, while things my be tossed and turned about a bit , our life is still held togehter and we can shake our selves off and get reorganised. PB

Now I just wish I was as good at living my life with God at my center as I am writting about it.

Have a nice day and what ever you do , DO not swing your own club at your own jar.

GO RV

Great addition!! Have a great weekend!

[4Horsn2]

Have to bring this back to the top...