Beer and Mayo
posted on
Apr 21, 2009 06:37PM
Engineering, procurement, construction & management of crude oil refineries.
With things as they are here, perhaps a little philosophy from the book of Life is like a box of chocolates, er something like that.
Read,absorb,apply as necessary.
Every poster here wants the same thing.Lerts get on with it
A little perspective...Mayonnaise jar & Two Beers...
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 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 lawn mower.
Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.
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.
Please share this with someone you care about. *I JUST DID!*
*LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS...*
*...IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN!*
ith all the disention from both sides of the tracks, with goldies health issues and my perturbed state , as well as our ongoing anguish due to still no listing 9yah..its coming. I thought it may be time to share a story of other peoples opinions and the real meaningful part of life...It comes under the dont sweat the small stuff and life is like a box of chocolates category.
Read it and apply as necessary
Have a nice day
A mayonnaise jar and two beers