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Today's TOPIC    
"How do you cope with emotional conflict"  
-BreakThru GENERATION  

Daily Quote:-  "How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people…. Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable." 
~ Robert McAfee Brown





The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee

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 cups of coffee.

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 an unanimous "yes."


The professor then produced two cups of coffee 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 recognise that this jar represents your life."


The golf  balls are the important things:-


- Your family

- Your children

- Your health

- Your friends

- and Your favourite passions

and if everything else was lost and only they remained, our 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. 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 coffee represented.



The professor smiled and said,


"I'm glad you asked......

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

Today's TOPIC    
"How do you cope with emotional conflict"  
-BreakThru GENERATION  

 
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Richard Bejah  :0)


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