Rocks and Sand
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:56 am
This was quite thought-provoking for me...
A philosophy professor once put an empty glass in front of his students and filled it to the top with rocks. When he asked his students whether the glass was full now or not , they said that it was.
Next, he added smaller rocks that somehow found their way between the big ones. When asked again by the professor if the glass was full now, the students smiled and concluded that yes, it was full now.
The professor continued by releasing some beautiful sand from the beach into the glass, filling all that empty space between the big and small rocks?
This time, the students concluded that the glass was definitely full...
The point was? the big rocks are priorities in our life: our family, very dear persons, and health. The smaller rocks represent our carrier and more or less important things that are very significant to us? and at the end, the sand presents all those things that are making our life beautiful and more rich? rich with happiness and not just money?
The only way to fill the glass was to put all these components in there in that order. If you put the sand in at first, there would be no place for the rocks, isn't it?
A philosophy professor once put an empty glass in front of his students and filled it to the top with rocks. When he asked his students whether the glass was full now or not , they said that it was.
Next, he added smaller rocks that somehow found their way between the big ones. When asked again by the professor if the glass was full now, the students smiled and concluded that yes, it was full now.
The professor continued by releasing some beautiful sand from the beach into the glass, filling all that empty space between the big and small rocks?
This time, the students concluded that the glass was definitely full...
The point was? the big rocks are priorities in our life: our family, very dear persons, and health. The smaller rocks represent our carrier and more or less important things that are very significant to us? and at the end, the sand presents all those things that are making our life beautiful and more rich? rich with happiness and not just money?
The only way to fill the glass was to put all these components in there in that order. If you put the sand in at first, there would be no place for the rocks, isn't it?