You must have heard something that goes like this.
"A teacher held up a jar and proceeded to fill it up with marbles. Then he asked the class if the jar is full. The student answered that it was.
Then he picked up a pack of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar the pebbles rolled into the open areas between the marbles. He then asked again if the jar was full. The student answered it was.
He picked up a bag of fine sand and poured then into the jar and shook. The sands fell into remaining gap in the jar. Again he asked if the jar is full. Surely it must be full now. The student answer yes.
Smilingly, the teacher picked up the coffee cup on the desk and poured the coffee into the jar."
Of course we are then told that the marbles represent the big things in our life, the pebbles the not-so-big things and the sand the small things. The jar represent time or our life.
The only way that the marbles (big things) can go in, is to put them in first. If the jar is first filled with sand, there is no way the marbles can go in.
What are some of the big things in life?
Health
Family
Friends
Happiness, Love
And what about the coffee? Glad you ask. It means no matter how packed we are, there is always space for a cup of coffee.
P.S. I know there is a beer version. Personally I prefer coffee.
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