MAY ALL YOUR WEEDS

BE WILDFLOWERS!

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The 'BIG ROCKS' of Life"

As this man stood in front of the group of
high overpowered achievers he said,
"Okay, time for a quiz."

Then he pulled out a one gallon, wide mouthed mason jar
and set it on a table in front of him.
Then he produced a dozen fist-sized rocks
and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top
and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked,
"Is this jar full?"

Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
Then he said, "Really?"

He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel.
Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar
causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down
into the spaces between the big rocks.
Then he smiled and asked the group once more,
"Is the jar full?"

By this time the class was onto him.
"Probably not," one of them answered.
"Good!" he replied.

And he reached under the table and brought out
a bucket of sand.
He started dumping the sand in and it went into
all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.
Once more he asked the question,
"Is this jar full?"

"No!" the class shouted.
Once more he said, "Good!"

Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to
pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
Then he looked up at the class and asked,
"What is the point of this illustration?"

One eager beaver raised his hand and said,
"The point is, no matter how full your schedule is,
if you really try hard, you can always fit
some more things into it."
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point.

The truth this illustration teaches us all is:
If you don't put the big rocks in first,
you'll never get them in at all."

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The title of this letter is
"The 'BIG ROCKS' of Life"

What are the big rocks in your life?
A project that YOU want to accomplish?
Time spent with your loved ones?
Your faith, your education, your finances?
A cause? Teaching or mentoring others?

Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first
or you'll never get them in at all.
So tonight or in the morning when you are reflecting
on this short story, ask yourself this question,
"What are the 'big rocks' in my life or business?
Then, put those in your jar.