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Set your Priority


Once there lived a philosophy professor who is so good in explaining the importance of life by telling small parables. One day, he brought a glass jar, stones, marbles and sand to the class. He started his class by taking the glass jar. He took few stones and filled the glass jar with them. He asked the students, whether the glass jar is full or not. Students told that the glass jar is full.

Then the professor took some marbles and started pouring into the glass jar. Marbles started to fill the gaps which are in between the stones. Again he asked the students, whether the glass jar is full or not. Students again told this time the glass jar is really full.

Then the professor took a cup of sand and started filling the glass jar. It started to fill the glass jar without any gaps left. Again he asked the students, whether the glass jar is full or not. Students this time told with one voice that the glass jar is really full and no place is remaining to fill the glass jar.

Now the professor started to compare this parable with life. He compares the glass jar with Life. The stones are like very important things in the life – family, parents, health, children and life partner. Even though everything in life you lost, if you have these people, then your life is full. The marbles are like job, own house, car, luxuries and the sand are remaining stuff in the life. 

This is not the end of the story, here comes the paragraph which justifies the theme of the article.

 If you fill the jar with sand first, that means the small things which are not that important then there is no place for marbles and stones. If you spend all your time and energy in filling the sand in the glass jar, then there won’t be any space in the glass jar to fill with the marbles and stones which are very important in the life. Pay more attention to the things which not only brings happiness to you but also to your dear ones. Spend time with your parents, play with your children, dance with your spouse, take your family to the outing, leave everything and spend happily with your family. We always have time to work, eat, enjoy with colleagues and taking care of households.

“Take care of the Rocks first – the things that really matters”. Set your priorities to rocks because the rest is all sand.

Paul Joshua

I am Paul Joshua working as a Technical Writer. I love writing small stories which inspires me and an inspiration to many. This is the blog which have many of them which definitely inspires you. Happy Reading Fellas.

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