Do you think that somewhere in this world that there’s someone who is completely up to date with everything? Is it possible that there’s a man or woman who right now is sitting down thinking, “My life is completely under control. I need a new project to tackle.”? I wonder.
As for me, there are so many areas of life in which I need to play catch up. There are tasks at work and at home that need doing. I need to spend some time on my bike catching up on kilometres. There are shelves of books at home waiting for me to catch up on some reading. I certainly could do with catching up on sleep. And of course, I have a long list of friends with whom I’d love to catch up. It sometimes feels that I spend a lot of time catching up on stuff that I should have done yesterday, last week or even last year.
It goes beyond time management and being organised. I think we often just try to pack too much into our lives.
Do you sometimes feel like you’d need another lifetime to do everything you’d like to do? Are you catching up or caught up?
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I KNOW there is. And her name is Cheree Harris!
An oldie but a goodie…
**The Jar of Life* *
** When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,** When 24 hours in a day is not enough; remember the mayonnaise jar, a cup of coffee, a cup of tea and a glass of beer.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and start to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured it into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again*
* ** if the jar was full. They agreed it was.**
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded With an unanimous ‘yes.’
The professor then produced a cup of coffee, a cup of tea and a glass of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
‘Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided, ‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things -family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the things that matter- like your job, house, and car.
The sand is everything else — The small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for 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..
So..
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 to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
‘Take care of the golf balls first — The things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the cup of coffee, cup of tea and glass of beer represented…
The professor smiled.
‘I’m glad you asked’
**It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem**, **there’s always room for a cup of coffee, a cup of tea and a glass of beer with a friend.’**
Regards Mike