Daily (ish) or maybe weekly (ish) inspiration

[steve]

I think this is brilliant, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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 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.

p*y attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with grandparents. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and mow the lawn.

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.

[RickyRaj]

I think this is brilliant, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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 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.

p*y attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with grandparents. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and mow the lawn.

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.

Like it Steve. Beer anyone? -

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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[SOLACE]

One for all the parents out there :)

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

Joyce Maynard

[RickyRaj]

Some quotes from Peter Drucker:

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Some light ones for a Friday :)

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. Dave Barry

If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. Albert Einstein

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money cannot b*y. Anon


And one more for Friday...

It’s not about who you want to spend your Friday night with, but who you want to spend all day Saturday with. Friends with Benefits


Have a great weekend

:)

[RickyRaj]

Being Leonardo Da Vinci's birthday today I thought it appropriate to share some of his quotes:

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

[eumenides]

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.[/i]

Particularly when receiving IT tuition from steve9872.

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Well, its happened, i'm 35 years old today ! I believe thats officially middle aged !

So after a brief spell of reflection and trying to realise and appreciate some of the most important things in my life i think its only right today to post a few random quotes about some of the things that I believe are the most important , it would be impossible to write about everything in the short time that I have now ! so its just a few quotes that come to hand :)


A man who treats his woman like a princess is a proof that he has been born and raised in the arms of a queen.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind !

When I say I love you , please believe its true. When I say forever know i'll never leave you. When I say goodbye, promise me that you wont cry, because the day i'll be saying that will be the day that I die.

and lastly...

When I'm sad , I stop being sad and be AWESOME instead . True story .



Have a great day all !