Boy’s Don’t Cry….

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 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 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
loved ones,
your family, your children, your friends, your
health, 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 couple of cups of
coffee with a friend.”
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cerita ini mungkin cerita lama, tapi kmarin pas baca….bikin mikir…kira-kira, have i put my stones yet?

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