Just a thought to keep things in perspective:
> A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items
> in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a
> large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks
> right to the top, rocks about 2" 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 in
> to the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course,
> rolled into the open areas between the rocks. The students
> laughed. He asked his students again if the jar was full?
> They agreed that yes, it was. The professor then 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 recognize that this is your life.
> The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner,
> your health, your children - anything that is so important
> to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed.
> The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on
> a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job,
> house or car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff."
> "If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there
> is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you
> spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, material
> things, you will never have room for the things that are truly
> most important.
...at which point the class sat quietly, pensively, ...considering
carefully the lesson that the professor had presented. After a
little while the frat brother near the back of the class arose
from his seat and approached the professor and the jar. From
underneath his varsity jacket he pulled a can of cheap beer,
opened it and poured it into the apparently full jar where it
promptly disappeared. He looked at the class and then at the
somewhat stunned professor and announced with a slight slurring
"That just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there is always room for beer".
...and now you know ....the rest of the story...;-)
may God Bless America (and oletruckers) this holiday season...
-A
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