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-----Original Message----- From: Nguyen, Michael Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:59 PM To: 'ltranflowers@aol.com'; 'cnguyen30@hotmail.com'; Luong, Anita; Loibl, Kori; Scott, Susan M. Subject: FW: Fw: important < < < < <Subject: A fine philosophy on 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. < < < <Pay attention to the things that are critical to your < < < <happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical < < < <checkups. Takeyour partner out dancing. There will always be < < < <time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and < < < <fix the toilet." "Take care of the rocks first - the things that < < < <really matter. Set your priorities. 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. < < < < < < < < < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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