[340] Re: Fwd: The Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee
- From: "Tony Yeung" <Tony.Yeung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <340@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:10:33 +1200
i sleep most of the mornings in my weekends..! :D
-----Original Message-----
From: Megayanti Sewu [mailto:msewu@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, 18 June 2004 3:13 p.m.
To: '340@xxxxxxxxxxxxx '
Subject: [340] Re: Fwd: The Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee
Let's go to Mt Eden Village and have coffee there tomorrow morning
-----Original Message-----
From: davi@xxxxxxxxx
To: 340@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 6/18/2004 2:57 PM
Subject: [340] Re: Fwd: The Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee
alrite then :) let's do coffee. when?
Quoting Megayanti Sewu <msewu@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Not just Luka of course.. coffee for everyone! :D=20
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> From: davi@xxxxxxxxx
> To: 340@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 6/18/2004 2:51 PM
> Subject: [340] Re: Fwd: The Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee
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> only Luka? wat about other important ppl like me? hmm?
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> > awwww, come on Luka let's have coffee=20
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thilak Nathen
> > To: 340@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: 6/18/2004 2:36 PM
> > Subject: [340] Re: Fwd: The Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee
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> > If you wanna have coffee with us nice ppl, just ask. No need to
> disguise
> > your thoughts into a philosophical story.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luka Milisa <lmil005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20
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> > Dear friends, When things in your life seem almost too much to
> handle,
> > when 24
> > hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar......and
> the
> > coffee..CheeroZ!
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> > 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 and
> > empty
> > mayonnaise jar and proceeded 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 into the jar. He shook
the
> > jar
> > lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf
> balls.
> > He then
> > asked the students again if the jar was full. 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 once more if the jar was full.
The
> > students
> > responded with a unanimous "Yes."The professor then produced two
cups
> of
> > coffee
> > from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar,
> > effectively
> > filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed."
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 like
> your
> > family,
> > your children, your health, your friends, your favourite passions,
> > things that
> > if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would
> > still be
> > full.The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job,
your
> > house,
> > and your car. The sand is everything else, like the small stuff.""
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. 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. Pay attention to the things that are critical to
> your
> > happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical
checkups.
> > Take
> > your partner out to dinner. There will always be time to clean the
> house
> > and
> > fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that
> > really
> > matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."One of the
> students
> > raised
> > her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor
> smiled.
> > " I'm
> > glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full
your
> > life may
> > seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a
> friend".
> > =
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