The most important thing

A professor of philosophy, standing in front of his audience, took a five-liter glass jar and filled it with stones, each at least three centimeters in diameter.

In the end, he asked students if the jar is full?
They answered: yes, it is complete.

Then he opened a can of peas and poured them into a large can, shook it a little.
Naturally, peas took a free place between the stones.

Once again, the professor asked students if the jar was full.
They answered: yes, it is complete.

Then he took a box filled with sand and poured it into a jar.
Naturally, the sand took up a completely existing free space and closed everything.

Once again, the professor asked students if the jar was full. They answered: yes, and this time definitely, it is full.

And now I want you to understand that a can is your life. Stones are the most important things in your life: family, health, friends, your children, personal and soul development, self-realization - all that is necessary so that your life will still be complete even if everything else is lost.

Peas are things that have become important to you personally: work, home, car. Sand is everything else, little things. If you first fill the jar with sand, there will be no place where peas and stones could be placed.

And also in your life, if you spend all the time and all the energy for little things, there is no room for the most important things.

First of all, do the most important things, that which brings you happiness: fulfill your dreams, play with your children, spend time for spouses, meet friends.

There will always be more time to work, to do house cleaning, to repair and wash the car. First of all, deal with stones, that is, the most important things in life; Define your priorities: the rest is just sand.

Taken from here .