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The Meaning of Life

 

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front

of him.

 

When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar

and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2 " in diameter. 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, of course, rolled into the open

areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was

full.

 

They agreed it was.

 

The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it

into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

 

" Now, " said the professor, " I want you to recognise that this is your life.

The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your

health, your children - 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, there is no room for the pebbles

or the rocks. The same goes for your 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. The rest is just sand. "

 

But then...

 

A student then took the jar which the other students and the professor

agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer. Of course the

beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full.

 

The moral of this tale is: that no matter how full your life is, there is

always room for BEER .