Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee

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转个公司email，不过对第一代移民意义不大，本地人差不多是这么干的。
> Subject: FW: Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
> When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in
. _" j# |  B, A> a day are not enough, remember the  mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of
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> A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front
* e; P; m9 ~3 G4 s7 X> of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and
4 K7 o8 S( d0 m+ a' P> empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then
8 R1 c5 l4 T( ]# E> asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
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' `: A' K/ G, Y( \! z. [> The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar
0 y7 B: ~* I+ ?( }- C( z% c) x9 M> 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
, I: z; v' o* \' O7 `/ X4 r9 W2 v> course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar
3 I1 w$ b& S8 F; {3 l. I6 Z0 J: D> was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes."
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> The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and
> poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty
> space between the sand. The students laughed.
>
- I1 Y& Q$ T# m( d. `* |> "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---your family, your children, your health, your friends
> and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they
> remained, your life would still be full.
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3 i6 \7 _, q5 @/ {2 b* k> The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and
> your car.
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8 T' P" F. z& S6 d; B9 b: \6 r7 t> 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
- j' j; Y- w* ?. E, j: M1 n# `> golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy
1 ]# W) k4 x3 K2 E3 E> on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are
& Q, C- h0 ~% O5 u- J> important to you.
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> "Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Spend
> time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with
( L4 ^+ S; P! `5 a+ j7 B( G; c! ^> grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to
> dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and
> fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that
$ d) u# Z" o2 d8 L- e; P2 }; t+ c> really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
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2 ~* G6 L6 h. _! A1 N- d> One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee
> represented.. The professor smiled and said, "I'm glad you asked."
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> The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem,
% X* _6 L* a: _  B8 Q8 u, i> there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
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+ a% ~; E: t( O  Z9 r  Y& P2 I* S> Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST DID

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