Friday, June 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Failure is nothing
but a good experience.don’t break your hopes
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in
search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his
assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long
way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements
which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”
Life is a limited container.Don’t put small things into it
A professor was standing before his class with
some items on the table 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
rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.
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, of course, rolled into the open areas
between the rocks.
He then
asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The
professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the
sand filled up everything else.
He then
asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous
“Yes.”
“Now,” said
the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The
rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your
children – 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, your car.
The sand is
everything else. The small stuff.”
“If you put
the sand into the jar first,” he continued “there is no room for the pebbles or
the rocks. The same goes for your 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 your partner out
dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a
dinner party and fix the disposal.
Take care
of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The
rest is just sand.”
swami vivekananda in chicago on 1893
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