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PRIORITIES

I READ THIS SOMEWHERE AND IT TOOK ME A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large empty mayonnaise jar and continued to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.   So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them in the jar. He shook the jar lightly to make the pebbles roll into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full and 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 again if the jar was full, the students responded with a unanimous “yes”.   “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 heal