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Posted on 07/06/2012 6:11:27 AM PDT by Lucky9teen

Life in a Jar

When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle, When 24 Hours in a day is not enough, Remember the jar and 2 cups of 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.

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 – family, children, health, Friends, and 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, house, and 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.

So…

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Play With your children.

Take time to get medical checkups.

Take your partner out to dinner.

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.’









TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: silliness
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1 posted on 07/06/2012 6:11:32 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
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To: Lucky9teen

Woohoo!!! It’s Friday!!!!


2 posted on 07/06/2012 6:12:10 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Lucky9teen

FIRST


3 posted on 07/06/2012 6:12:33 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: Lucky9teen

IBTP! Top 5?


4 posted on 07/06/2012 6:13:19 AM PDT by Envisioning (Call me a racist........, one more time..........)
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To: Lucky9teen

IBTP!!


5 posted on 07/06/2012 6:13:52 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Lucky9teen

Morning Lucky


6 posted on 07/06/2012 6:14:08 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (How do you say Arkanicide in Kenyan?)
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To: Lucky9teen

IBTP!!
W00T!!


7 posted on 07/06/2012 6:14:22 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Obama hates Mexicans (Fast and Furious))
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8 posted on 07/06/2012 6:14:54 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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9 posted on 07/06/2012 6:15:23 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Lucky9teen

TOP 10!


10 posted on 07/06/2012 6:17:57 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Let the wind blow through you.~~ Lakota Sioux proverb)
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Top 11!!!!!
11 posted on 07/06/2012 6:18:56 AM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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12 posted on 07/06/2012 6:19:31 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: Lucky9teen

This Is how the border between India and Pakistan is closed every evening!!
This is not a Monty Python comedy skit, but it does resemble one.
Keep in mind that each of these countries have nuclear weapons!!!

click below:
http://www.wimp.com/indiapakistan


13 posted on 07/06/2012 6:32:49 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: All

When devastating hurricanes struck the Gulf Coast , even
houses of worship were not spared.

A local television station interviewed a woman from New
Orleans and asked how the loss of churches in the area had
affected their lives.

Without hesitation, the woman replied, “I don’t know ‘bout
all those other people, but we haven’t gone to Churches in
years. We get our chicken from Popeye’s.”

The look on the interviewer’s face was priceless.
They live among us, AND THEY VOTE.


14 posted on 07/06/2012 6:34:42 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: Lucky9teen

Before Obama was elected President he went to see Bill and Hillary for some campaign advice, at their spacious home.

After drinking several glasses of iced tea, he asked Bill Clinton if he could use his personal bathroom.

When he entered Clinton’s private toilet, he was astonished to see that Clinton had a solid gold urinal! Wow!

That afternoon, Obama told his wife, Michelle, about the urinal. “Just think,’ he said, ‘when I am President, I too could have a gold urinal.
But I wouldn’t have something so self-indulgent!”

Later, when Michelle had lunch with Hillary, she told Hillary how impressed Obama had been at his discovery of the fact that, in his private bathroom,
Bill had a gold urinal.

That evening, when Bill and Hillary were getting ready for bed, Hillary smiled and said to Bill:

“I found out who peed in your saxophone.”


15 posted on 07/06/2012 6:36:49 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: Lucky9teen


16 posted on 07/06/2012 6:42:28 AM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: Lucky9teen

17 posted on 07/06/2012 6:45:36 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: Lucky9teen

Introducing...The Kenyan Hot Dog, Obama Style...


18 posted on 07/06/2012 6:45:36 AM PDT by death2tyrants
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To: ex91B10
Whoops! Forgot the pic...


19 posted on 07/06/2012 6:47:58 AM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: sunny48

Saw the video. WOW.

At least at the end, they shake hands.


20 posted on 07/06/2012 6:48:17 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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