"A philosophy teacher once enters his classrom with a carton. Without talking, he takes out from the carton a glass vase and starts filling it with small stones. His students are watching with a big question in their eyes.
When the vase is full with the small stones, the teacher asks:
Is the vase full?
His students answer:
Yes, it is.
The teacher smiles and takes out of the carton a small bag with pebbles; he puts them in the vase and starts moving it so the pebbles fill the gaps among the stones. When the vase is full, he askes again:
Is the vase full?
The students answer:
Yes, it is full.
The teacher smiles again and takes out of the carton a small bag with sand; he starts pouring the sand in the vase, so the sand fills all the space among the stones and pebbles. And asks again:
Is the vase full?
The students laugh and answer:
Yes, the vase is full now.
The teacher smiles again and takes out of the carton two cans of beer; he empties them in the vase, so the vase now is full! And asks again:
Is the vase full?
This time the students cry out laughing:
Yes, the vase is full now!!
- Now, I want you to consider this vase as your life! the teacher says.
The stones are the most impostant things in your life: your health, your family, your good friends. They are so important, that even if all the rest is gone, your life will still be full.
The pebbles are the things that come in our lives: our studies, our job, our house, our car, all the material goods. If you put them first into your vase, there will be not enough room for the stones.
The sand is the smallest and trivial things in our life.
If your put first the sand in your vase, there will be not enough room for the pebbles and the stones. The vase is your life; if you waste your time and energy for the smallest things, you will never have the time for the really important ones. Think twice and decide what and who are the most important in your life!
Talk with your parents, play with your kids, enjoy your spouse, look after your health, get together with friends. There is always time to study, to work, to fix your car, etc. Take care of the stones, first. Get your priorities right!
The students are speechless. One of them, asks:
And what about the beer?
- I'm glad you ask, the teacher goes. I'll tell you: No matter how full your life is, no matter how busy you are, there is always time for a couple of beers!"
Cheers!!
When the vase is full with the small stones, the teacher asks:
Is the vase full?
His students answer:
Yes, it is.
The teacher smiles and takes out of the carton a small bag with pebbles; he puts them in the vase and starts moving it so the pebbles fill the gaps among the stones. When the vase is full, he askes again:
Is the vase full?
The students answer:
Yes, it is full.
The teacher smiles again and takes out of the carton a small bag with sand; he starts pouring the sand in the vase, so the sand fills all the space among the stones and pebbles. And asks again:
Is the vase full?
The students laugh and answer:
Yes, the vase is full now.
The teacher smiles again and takes out of the carton two cans of beer; he empties them in the vase, so the vase now is full! And asks again:
Is the vase full?
This time the students cry out laughing:
Yes, the vase is full now!!
- Now, I want you to consider this vase as your life! the teacher says.
The stones are the most impostant things in your life: your health, your family, your good friends. They are so important, that even if all the rest is gone, your life will still be full.
The pebbles are the things that come in our lives: our studies, our job, our house, our car, all the material goods. If you put them first into your vase, there will be not enough room for the stones.
The sand is the smallest and trivial things in our life.
If your put first the sand in your vase, there will be not enough room for the pebbles and the stones. The vase is your life; if you waste your time and energy for the smallest things, you will never have the time for the really important ones. Think twice and decide what and who are the most important in your life!
Talk with your parents, play with your kids, enjoy your spouse, look after your health, get together with friends. There is always time to study, to work, to fix your car, etc. Take care of the stones, first. Get your priorities right!
The students are speechless. One of them, asks:
And what about the beer?
- I'm glad you ask, the teacher goes. I'll tell you: No matter how full your life is, no matter how busy you are, there is always time for a couple of beers!"
Cheers!!
Fantastic!
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