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Can't be bothered...

Submitted by TiM on

So here's a fantastic joke instead:

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. Take your partner out dancing. There will always

be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the

disposal.

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: no matter how full your life is, there is always room

for BEER.

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