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Termyn8or -> Philosophy ? (3/24/2011 1:36:47 PM)
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As y'all know I don't defrag because I don't delete anything. I ran across this in my archives and haven't seen it for some time so I thought I would post it here.
"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.
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 an unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the liquid 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 - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite 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, house, and 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 golf balls. "
Part of the reason my cellphone doesn't take pictures, I don't have a plasma TV or cable, and out of the hundred or so cars I've had, only two had delay wipers that worked. This shit means nothing to me. And it's also why alot of other things.
There are two ways to make it in life. One is to persue the almighty dollar. To lust after it, to crave and acquire it at all cost. The other is to reduce outlay, I know people who have more junk than useful stuff. I mean beanie babies and junk like that. I mean $100+ a month cable bills. I mean a Caddilac SUV. I mean all the junk "we" seem to "need. Find a happy medium.
Get out of the loop. Stop the flow of junk. In the long run, we'll be much better off. Half of the personal debt in this country is caused by keeping up with the Jones'es. Let the Jones'es have their toys. If they don't let you play with them, do what I do. Go home and broil you up a filet mignon and fry up some shrimp. Get in your rustbucket and go visit some friends and don't worry about what the valet says. In fact tell the valet to be "Be careful, all this shit happened last time I was here.
Get a fucking joke out of life. We joke about everything, and everything. Nothing is sacred, nothing is all that real. Nothing can stop you, or me except death. When that comes, don't come crying to----anyone :-)
He/she doesn't like me. Boo hoo. Fukum. The IRS wants my money. Keep it hidden and just dribble them enough to shut them up. Health problems ? Tell the doc to "cut it out".
Nothing can stop you. But you have to decide - stop you from what ?
When I was a kid I was happy with just about nothing, living on tomato soup and macaroni. I was a little fat fuck, and picked on from time to time until I got tough. Life is just a test. Play the game of life, rather than the game of garbage. And I am here to tell you by personal knowledge, everything in your house, driveway and garage is garbage. It is transitory and therefore irrelevant.
I have lost more than most people have ever had and you know what ? I don't fucking care, not one iota.
T^T
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