Now that we understand what a Trillion is, here is something else to think about.

[j-malotky]

My Dad sent this to me the other day. Its sort of long but worth the read..

JM

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

recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the

important things---God, 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.

'Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play

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 .'

[oldbuckster]

Wise Man your Father !!!!! .............. thanx !!! ..... Good way to start the day.

[JJkizak]

Impressive.

JJK

[Daddy Dee]

Great illustration.

First things first!

[fenderbender]

ME, ME, ME! Fill My Jar.....Is My jar getting full enough? What a narcissistic Jar, never wondering if any of the other jars have rocks and birds and sand and things....

hows about sharing some of those golf balls with another jar on occasion ....sure once your's is full up, then you have some coffee with another...I bet Mr Jar , that you didn't even offer to pay for the coffee and went dutch!!!

Did you even realize Mr. Jar, that the fabric of which your existence is made is indeed the sand....yes the sand.....Large vast quantities of sand, ocean bottoms of sand....that are common and intertwined with all the other Jars that you so selfishly deny!!! Mr. Jar , by denying others you deny your very existence....Fill the other Jar's to overflowing, and then stuff some golfballs down your own gullet!!!!

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ah I kill myself some times...talk about to much coffee!!! the stuff that oozes out of my brain..I need help people!!!!

[artto]

I'm filling the jar up with all coffee first []

But seriously.............here's another one - from my college biology professor. "The definiftion of a PHD."

"A PHD is what you get, when you learn more and more, about less and less, until you know everything there is to know ~~ about nothing. [:^)]

[Audible Nectar]

The definiftion of a PHD

I had learned that definition as follows:

BS = Bulls#it

MS = More S#it

PHD = Piled Higher and Deeper