[Read it to the end. It's not the usual sappy chain e-mail that it appears to be.]

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
really matter."

"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...Jason walked to the front of the room, 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? No matter how full your life is, there is always
room for BEER.

 

LOL!!! I've gotten the first part in email a few times......the second part is dogma.

 

Hee heee. hhhmmm 64 Slices of American Cheese, ahh I meant hhhmmm Beer.