What is the most important thing in life? If you have already figured out this question, have found out how to manage or set priorities for the things that matters in your life? Chances are, you have not. Even if you have, this note will give more insight into how to set your priorities to manage those important things your life.
If you are new to all these, first you will learn how to figure out the most important in your life and set priorities right to attain them. Whatever might be the case, I believe you will enjoy your read. So, in this note, I will share with you on the most important thing life and how to set your scale of preference for the things that matters to you.
A Jar Filled With Stones:
A teacher named Flemings, stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, silently he picked up a very large and empty white jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
A Jar Filled With Pebbles:
He 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 questioned his students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
A Jar Filled With Sand
The teacher picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else in the white jar. Mr. Flemings then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a giggle. “Yes.”
What These Things Symbolizes
“Now,” said the teacher, “I want you to recognize that this jar symbolizes your life.
The rocks are the important things – your family, your career, your education, your dream, your wife, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebble symbolizes other things that matter to you – like your job, your house, your car.
The sand represents everything else in your life. The small stuff.”
The Teacher Explained the Parable
“If you put the sand into the jar first, there will be 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 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.”
It is little things that makes a man. However, it does not dispute the fact the most important things in life should be handled first. They should be the first in our scale of preference. The little things will always be taken care of.
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