When we were in the 12th in my school, every once in a while, lets say 2 to 3 months, our principle used to call us into her office for a half hour, to lecture us on stuff like stress management, or the importance of having real experiences in life instead of just spending hours on Facebook, or bullying issues, and the importance of being a good, balanced person. She started the class by telling us to imagine a large jar. She then told us to imagine filling small rocks into it, and asked us if we thought it was full. We nodded and she proceeded to say it wasn't as pebbles could still fill the spaces between the small rocks. Again she asked us if it was full. We agreed. She said it wasn’t, sand would still manage to fill the gaps between the pebbles and rocks. Quite obviously we felt a little dumb for not having thought of it ourselves.
She then told us that this jar is a metaphor for our lives. That the rocks are the important things in life like our family friends and loved ones; the pebbles are the other important things like studies, careers, goals, our house, bikes, etc and that the sand represented all the small petty things. She told us that we fill the sand into the jar first; we won’t be able to fit the pebbles or rocks into it. That it was important to prioritize the things in life that are important as concentrating on the small things will leave us with no time for the things that matter like family or our lives goals. It is more important to deal with the rocks in our life first and there is always space left for pebbles and then sand.
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