Once upon a time in a classroom there was a Philosophy instructor that appeared in front of his students holding a big box made of paper. Without speaking pulled out of the box a vase made of glass and started filling it with pebbles. His students were looking at him really wondering what he was up to. When the instructor realized that the vase couldn't afford any other pebbles asked his students: “Do you think this vase is full?” Then the students with one voice responded: “yes it is full”
He smiled at them he then pulled out from the box a small bag containing smaller pebbles and started putting them into the vase after putting enough of these little pebbles inside the vase he asked again his students: “Is the vase full this time” the student once more replied to him: “Yes it is full”.
The Instructor smiled again without speaking and he pulled out of the box a small bag with sand, he then started filling again the vase with the sand and the sand filled all the gaps that the pebbles and the smaller pebbles have left, when the vase couldn't afford more he asked once more his students; “Is this vase full?” the student this time thought of it a bit more but after a while they again replied to him: “Yes it is full”
The Instructor pulled out of the box two bottles of Beer and started filling the vase with beer again the liquid filled all the remaining space there was left in the vase , the Instructor then asked the students: Is this vase full? The students laughed and said again “Yes this time is full”
Ok then says the Instructor; I now want you to think that this glass vase is your life. Big Pebbles are the most important things in your life, like family, friends, home, health, children… things that can make your life look full even if there are no other things in your life. The little pebbles are all those things that keep coming in our lives like studies, work, our flat, our car these are small things if you put them first in your vase there will be no room for the bigger pebbles the important things in life. The sand is everything else a nice dinner, a big travel, dancing, watching sports.. if you put the sand first in the vase there will be no room for either the pebbles nor the little pebbles. The vase is your life if you spend your time and power to the unimportant things you will never find time for the most important things in life.
Put your priorities in life separate which things are more important for your happiness. Talk with your parents, spend time with the one you love, take care of your health, and enjoy time with your friends. Eventually you will always find time to study, acquire knowledge, buy a new car pay the phone bill, but first you need to take care of the big pebbles the priorities in your lives. The Students were speechless and staring the instructor. Until one of te students asked him “Sir, what does the beer stands for in our lives” then the instructor smiled at him and said: “I'm glad you ask this question, no matter how full your life is, no matter how stressed you are in life, no matter how difficult life treat you there will always be a room for a couple of beers. Cheers.
2 comments:
great story, chris. where from do you know it? or did you create it?
haahahaa, who would have thought that there's a philosopher in you?
sweet, beautiful story.
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