The professor fills an empty mayonnaise jar with golf balls to represent important things in life like family and health. He then adds pebbles to fill the spaces between golf balls, representing other important things like job and home. Sand is poured in to fill all remaining spaces, representing small unimportant things. When juice is added and the jar remains full, it shows that though life may seem full, there is always room for spending time with friends. The professor's message is to prioritize important relationships and passions over less important tasks to have a meaningful life.

1. LIFE
How Colourful?
How wonderful?
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2. It’s really wonderful
Drink it to its lease

3. I will tell you a story
This story is about a professor
teaching his students what’s life
after all.

4. A professor stood before his
philosophy class and had
some items in front of him.

5. When the class began, he
wordlessly picked up a very large
and empty mayonnaise jar and
proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

6. He then asked the students if
the jar was full
They agreed that it was

7. The professor then picked up a box of
pebbles and poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly

8. The pebbles rolled into the open
areas between the golf balls.

9. He then asked the students
again if the jar was full

10. They agreed it was.

11. The professor next picked
up a box of sand and
poured it into the jar.

12. Of course, the sand filled up
everything else

13. He asked once more if the jar was
full. The students responded
with a unanimous ‘yes.’

14. The professor then produced two Bottles
of apple juice from under the table and
poured the entire contents into the jar
effectively filling the empty space
between the sand.

15. The students laughed.

16. ‘Now,’ said the professor as the
laughter subsided, ‘I want you
to recognize that this jar
represents your life.

17. The golf balls are the important
things—-your family, your
children, your health, your friends
and your favorite passions—-and if
everything else was lost and only
they remained, your life would still be

18. The pebbles are the other
things that matter like your
job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else—the small stuff.

19. ‘If you put the sand into the jar
first,’ he continued, ‘there is
no room for the pebbles or
the golf balls. The same goes
for life.

20. If you spend all your time and
energy on the small stuff you
will never have room for the
things that are important to
you.

21. Pay attention to the things that
are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.

22. Spend time with your parents. Visit with
grandparents. Take your spouse out to dinner

23. There will always be time to
clean the house and mow the
lawn.
Take care of the golf balls first—
-the things that really matter.

24. Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand.

25. One of the
students
raised her
hand and
inquired
what the
apple juice
represented.

26. The
professor
smiled
and said,
‘I’m glad
you
asked.’

27. The juice just
shows you that no
matter how full
your life may
seem, there’s
always room for a
bottle of apple
juice with a friend

28. THANK YOU
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