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HAHAHA! Thank you...i need that to start my morning off!!!
*>-----Original Message-----
*>From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Robertson
*>Lee - lerobe
*>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:50 AM
*>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
*>Subject: Friday thought
*>
*>
*>I'm sure, there are many of you on this list will sympathise with this
*>one................
*>>
*>> Rocks: a meaning for life
*>>
*>> A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some
*>> items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up
*>> a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks,
*>> rocks about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was
*>> full? They agreed that it was.
*>>
*>> So the professor 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 asked the
*>> students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
*>>
*>> The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand
*>> and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up
*>everything else.
*>>
*>>
*>> "Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognise that this is your
*>> life.
*>> The rocks are the important things - your family, your
*>> partner, your health, your children - things that 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, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff."
*>>
*>> "If you put the sand into the jar first, there is 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 time to get medical checkups.
*>>
*>> 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."
*>>
*>> But then...
*>> A student took the jar which the other students and the professor
*>> agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer.
*>> Of course the beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the
*>> jar truly full.
*>>
*>> The moral of this tale is: that no matter how full your life
*>is, there is
*>> always
*>> room for BEER
*>
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*>Author: Robertson Lee - lerobe
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