Priorities...

I usually dislike the forwards...but this is a pretty good one:

Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...

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=2 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 time to get medical checkups.


Take your spouse out to dinner.


Play another 18 holes.


There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.


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.

A simple math equation...

bathing suit shopping + graduate school = Special K diet begins on Monday.

I have recruited a teammate and our theory is that if we being our diet with the special K diet any diet we go on after those two weeks will seem abundant with choices. I'll keep you updated :0)

Mmmm...weekends

Woohoo! I love Friday nights because there is so much promise for rest, freedom, and randomness. The week is so busy...and it has been such a rigid schedule for the last year. Weekends are the saving grace that breaks the monotony.

This week was interesting. Student teaching has gotten to be a bit of a chore. Knowing that all of the other student-teachers are done for the year, but that we have six weeks to continue...ugh. Also, it was prom week so the kids were a bit wild and loved to include statements such as "Are you really going to make us work today?" Yes, I am.

They also had some amazing comments this week...the swine flu scare, impending pig dissection project, and the human body lessons have given them ample material.

A few highlights:

1. Doesn't ham come from hams?
2. Wait...girls have two holes?
3. What is a sphincter?
4. Cheese grows on trees.
5. Kidney stones can't hurt girls as much. They have babies.
6. Food must travel through the liver.
7. I'm not dissecting a pig. I can't get swine flu.
8. Large football player "you have to dissect it...I'll puke". Tiny blond girl "wuss."
9. You can get AIDS from lice
10. If you mix two different blood types together wouldn't the HIV cancel out?

Yea...a bit frightening. Now off to enjoy the weekend so I'm ready for another week of destroying crazy urban legends!


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