The most important thing

Professor of Philosophy, standing in front of his audience, took a five-liter glass jar and filled it with stones, each not less than three centimeters in diameter.

At the end asked the students Is the bank full?
Answered: yes, full.

Then he opened a can of peas and poured them into a large can, shook it a little.
Naturally, polka dots took a free space between the stones.
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Once again the professor asked the students, is the bank full?
Answered: yes, full.

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

Once again the professor asked the students, is the bank full? They answered: yes, and this time definitely, it is full.

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

Peas are things that have become important to you personally: work, home, car. Sand is all the rest, 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 the little things, there is no place for the most important things.

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

There will always be time to work, clean the house, 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 .