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I found this on the Amial FORVM - it was a post from a friend to a friend found by a friend...

Aggression quoted:

"When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded 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 them 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 a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two Beers 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---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.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your 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.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with your children.

Spend time with your parents.

Visit with grandparents.

Take your spouse out to dinner.

Play another 18.

There will always be time to clean the house and mow the lawn.

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 Beer represented.

The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'

The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend. "

So true - read the FULL thread here.

What's your problem?

I guarantee you, if you took 35 average people and put them in a room and sat them all down at a round table - all facing each other - and asked them to put their problems down in front of them for everyone to see that they would all be hesitant. To say the least.

All it takes is for one to start, then one more, then it begins to spread. "Mine is worse than your's, you have it so nice compared to me..." "No way, look at mine... its so much worse..." It may turn into a damn pissing match, sadly. Maybe along the lines of - "I'm better, deserve more, respected more than you because I'm in a worse situation." This may go on for a few minutes until everyone's problem is out on the table.

Then, just pause and watch everyone with all of the problems sitting out blatently apparent and simply say, okay, "At this time you all have to go home with a problem."

Just saying that, it completely flips. "It," meaning the pissing match. Before, one "deserved more" or was "better" than the next guy because of his worser issue, now, when they leave, of course they will grab their own and go home. If you show up and compare your issues to the next guy - sure, you may be in a worse position which yould make you NEED more resources to solve, but it sure as hell won't make you DESERVE more. Who the F are you and what have you done to deserve more than the guy next to you? When everyone leaves, they all want their own problem back becaus it is "easier" to deal with than the guy's next to them. Hopefully, when they leave they will have the impression that their problem really isn't as bad as they thought when they sat down at that round table.

What I'm getting at here is simple: It can always be worse. Look at who is next to you, look at people you know, people you don't, and read up on things and realize what's happening and be consious of the world around you. "If everyone put their problems out on a table for everyone else to see, they would all take their own back." My mom used to say that to me when I thought I was having a "rough" time growing up. Recently I have forgotten about that - until I read THIS.


Comment if you were inspired by Chris. If not, then I invite you to look around and see who's REALLY having a rough day.

Peace.

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