Happy New Year!

В 2007 году желаю 12 месяцев без болезней, 52 недели всего хорошего, 365 дня счастья, 8760 часов успеха, 525,600 минут любви и 31,536,000 секунд приятных моментов!

Стучат часы, уходит старый год, Шуршит его последняя страница. Пусть лучшее, что было, не уйдет, А худшее не смеет возвратиться!

Пусть что хочется, то и сбудется. Что не ладится, пусть забудется. Пусть хорошее только множится и прекрасно всё в жизни сложится.

For My Fellow Piggies:

If you were born in 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983 or 1995 - you were born under the sign of the pig. Like the pig, you are highly regarded for your chilvary and pureness of heart, and you often make friends for life. For pigs in 2007, any recent setbacks or obstacles can be overcome so look forward to a year in which to really shine, either personally or professionally.

May the year ahead bring everyone lots of health, some wealth and a world of peace & happiness!

Aforisms, Quotes & Sayings

Что хочу, то и делаю! - это беспредел.
Чего не хочу, того и не делаю! - это свобода.

КАМАСУТРА-это не бессмысленный набор поз, а осмысленый выбор жизненной позиции.

Женщина за рулем - это сногсшибательная женщина.

Вам ответить как, вежливо или честно?

Как красота спасет мир, если она только и делает, что требует жертв?!

Платье - оружие женщины. Так выпьем за разоружение!

Умные - это те, кто зарабатывает деньги своим умом, а мудрые - это те,
на кого эти умные работают.

Если человек хороший, то совершенно не важно какого цвета у него мерседес.

Реальный возраст человека определяется не прожитым, а пережитым.

Здоровый сон не только продлевает жизнь , но и сокращает рабочий день.

Только сядешь поработать, обязательно кто-нибудь разбудит.

Если женщина вас обманывает, значит, вы ей небезразличны.

Фраза начальника "У меня появилась интересная, перспективная идея!" - верный признак того, что у вас появилась нудная, бестолковая работа.

Если не имеешь нужного веса, то мир под тебя не прогнется.

Хорошие деньги платят не за то, чтобы работали, а за то, чтобы не мешали.

простояв в пробке пришло:
Я слишком долго стоял на зеленый, чтобы теперь не ехать на красный!

Вначале ты выпиваешь алкоголь, а потом он тобой закусывает.

Привлекательная женщина привлекает.(М. Мерфи)
Привлекательные женщины отвлекают.(К. Кушнер)

В чем сила женщин? В слабости мужчин.

Идеальных женщин так же мало, как реальных мужчин. (Е. Кащеев)

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.

В любом из нас спит гений. И с каждым днем все крепче...

Чем выше интеллект, тем ниже поцелуи.

менеджер - человек, который никогда не откладывает на завтра то, что он может заставить других сделать сегодня. Эван Эзар

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
Oscar Wilde

When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $3.95 per minute.

What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. - Richard Harkness, The New York Times, 1960

The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?" The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?" The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?" The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

Комплименты – оружие слабых мужчин. Сильные всегда говорят правду.

Вот жизнь пошла: вечером не только на улицу - в Интернет выйти страшно.

When I was young I begged God for a bike, but God does not work that way... so I stole a bike and begged for forgiveness!

Нет такой силы, которая способна победить наши слабости.

В мире нет Вечных Двигателей, зато полно Вечных Тормозов.

Лучше живот от пива, чем горб от работы.

Очень часто мы выбираем не из того, что хотим иметь, а из того что боимся потерять...

I don't have a license to kill. I have a learner's permit.

I wasn't born a bitch. Men like you made me this way.

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Чем меньше работаешь, тем меньше хочется.

В водке много женских гормонов. Когда я выпиваю 2 бутылки водки, я тоже не могу водить машину и начинаю поступать не логично.

You're about as useful as a Condom vending machine at the Vatican.

If brains were taxed, he'd get a rebate.

A couple of sandwiches short of a picnic.

Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.

Gotta Love Our President =)

Unconditional Love

Back to the subject? Well, not really…unconditional love, I think, can only be provided from parent to child and if the parent is lucky it is reciprocated. Countless arguments, tons of shouting matches, purposely getting on each other’s nerves and yet, our parents love us despite all of our faults, coming late at night or early in the morning, our relationship choices, career goals, in short, all of our imperfections.

Why are we then, so quick to yell? To shout? And to complain? Maybe it comes with the territory, it’s all part of growing up. Maybe most of us don’t realize these things until we have kids of our own.

More thoughts to come...

Happy Hanukkah!

Monologue for Today's Times

"Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other." -Ivy Compton-Burnett

“For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are” -Niccolo Machiavelli

Another interesting conversation was sparked last night – are we really what we seem?

We’ve always been told to “never judge a book by its cover,” but of course we all judge. Outward appearances, manners and language result in preconceived notions, but rarely if ever do they show who we really are. We must dig deeper, get to know the person until we can really “judge” what they are all about. However, we are all too busy and too concerned with our own image to take the time to get to know somebody. Seldom do we meet people that intrigue us, which we find interesting, that we want to know more about. Sometimes we realize that they are not really worth knowing and sometimes we end up with the best of friends.

Having “bitch” written on your forehead doesn’t mean that you’re not the most kind and dear friend that anyone can ask for. It simply means that certain people won’t approach you because they are scared and certain will because they think they can “break” you. Having an all knowing personality and acting like a tough shot doesn’t mean that you’re a careless, selfish person. It may mean just the opposite – that you’re a fragile human being that puts up a front so that nobody can come near you. We all have an image of ourselves and it may not necessarily be the same view that we portray to others. All of us fall within a certain stereotype and while stereotypes don’t come about for no reason, it is rare that we fit the description perfectly.

Being blonde, doesn’t make you dumb anymore than going to college makes you smart. Being opinionated doesn’t mean that you’re always right anymore than being quiet or shy mean that you have nothing to say. Being beautiful/handsome doesn’t make you a good person any more than being unattractive makes you uninteresting. I could go on, but I think that you get the gist of where I am going, then why is it so important to us to look good? Why is it important to wear the hottest, best fitting jeans? To get a haircut? To clean our nails? To say the right things to the right people? To smile?

I think I learned the answer to these questions in sixth grade when a classmate said to me, “because you don’t come up to a person across a crowded room and say ‘wow great personality.’” Before we come to each other, before we hit it off, initially there must be something that has to attract us to that person. Stereotypes will not be broken, each of us will remain with our predisposed views of each other and we will all judge. However, we must remember that sometimes even the dullest looking book is a worthwhile read.

Why We're All So Tired

For a couple years I've been blaming it on iron poor blood, lack of vitamins, dieting and a dozen other maladies. But now I found out the real reason.

I'm tired because I'm overworked.

The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work.

There are 85 million in school, which leave 48 million to do the work. Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government. This leaves 19 million to do the work.

Four million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 15 million to do the work.

Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City Government and that leaves 200,000 to do the work. There are 188,000 in hospitals, so that leaves 12,000 to do the work.

Now, there are 11,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to do the work.

You and me.

And you're sitting there reading jokes on the web.

"True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value." - Ben Jonson

To my dearest friends...

According the Merriam Webster dictionary, Friendship is defined as "one attached to another by affection or esteem" and perhaps it's as simple that. However, what constitutes our friendships? Is it the length of time that we have known each other? Is it the hardships that we overcame together? Is it the laughter that we shared? Is it the mindless conversations? Is it the comfort?

I think that friendship should never me measured, but if it must, the result should be qualitative and not quantitative. We become friends for different reasons. Perhaps, it's because we weren't part of the "cool" crowd, or because someone turned around in Russian class and simply said "Hi, My name is Lily," or because we missed a mutual friend that we became friends, or because you called me when I really didn't wan't to have any human contact, or because we just "clicked." Whatever the reasons for us becoming friends, what kept us friends?

Common interests - not always. Non-stop gabfests - sometimes. Constantly being there for each other - impossible. Yet, there is something that drew us in and kept us there. Each friendship different, yet soothing.

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." - Walter Winchell
Irchik, thanks for always being there for me even when I didn't even know I wanted you there.

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." - Len Wein

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same." - Anonymous

"One who looks for a friend without faults will have none." - Hasidic Saying

"Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.- Swedish proverb

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." - Bernard Meltzer

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!" - Doug Larson

“A real friend is someone who you can sit in complete silence with and still walk away feeling like you just had the best conversation of your life.” - Unknown

“True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.”
Julie, we've went and we came back and may we always keep coming back side by side.

"A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling." - Arthur Brisbane

“Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquintances.” – Jay Leno

“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.” – John Churton Collins

"A friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway." -Christi Mary Warner
Irka, it's been a real long time and we are as close as we were in 5th grade.

"God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends." - Unknown

"'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary." - Louisa May Alcott
Jen, I'm glad that despite everything, we both stayed.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one." - C.S. Lewis
Jackie, we are alike in more ways than I think either one of us realizes, yet.
Lenny, I really thought I was the only one...

"A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring." - La Rochefoucauld

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. - Marlen Dietrich
Even if it's my mom that does the calling. =)

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
My girlies, this applies to you!

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes." - Unknown

"Friends are those rare people who ask how you areand then wait to hear the answer." - Unknown

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." -Henri Nowen

“Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” -Robert Frost

After one too many drinks or perhaps not enough, an interesting conversation arose last night - What is Love?

While I am no expert and cannot answer a question that's been asked since beginning of time, there are a few factors to ponder:

1. Is true love always tragic?
2. Does true love really exist (outside of plays, novels, movies & other pop culture mediums)?
3. Does every person experince love during their lifetime?
4. Is your first love the strongest?

More thoughts to come...for now an interesting piece of reading...

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up these defenses, you build this whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life. You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They do something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own any more. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. not just in the mind. It's a soul hurt, a body hurt, a real gets inside you and rips you apart pain. I hate love. - Neil Gaiman

We Survived

Many a time all of us look back to our childhood and think about how different things were. The things that we considered luxuries as kids are nothing to the kids growing up today. Somehow we survived without video games, cable tv and ulimited amounts of fast food and candy. It's hard to fathom that we were actually social. Whether sledding or playing house, going to school or berry picking we were always outside, active and surrounded by our peers.

The following is a very interesting article of how things really were and how they are now. Enjoy!

Oглядываясь назад, трудно поверить, что нам удалось дожить до сегодняшнего дня.

В детстве мы ездили на машинах без ремней и подушек безопасности. Поездка на телеге, запряженной лошадью, в теплый летний день была несказанным удовольствием. Наши кроватки были раскрашены яркими красками с высоким содержанием свинца. Не было секретных крышек на пузырьках с лекарствами, двери часто не запирались, а шкафы не запирались никогда. Мы пили воду из колонки на углу, а не из пластиковых бутылок. Никому не могло придти в голову кататься на велике в шлеме. Ужас.

Часами мы мастерили тележки и самокаты из досок и подшипников со свалки, а когда впервые неслись с горы, вспоминали, что забыли приделать тормоза. После того, как мы въезжали в колючие кусты несколько раз, мы разбирались с этой проблемой. Мы уходили из дома утром и играли весь день, возвращаясь тогда, когда зажигались уличные фонари, там, где они были. Целый день никто не мог узнать, где мы. Мобильных телефонов не было! Трудно представить.

Мы резали руки и ноги, ломали кости и выбивали зубы, и никто ни на кого не подавал в суд. Бывало всякое. Виноваты были только мы и никто другой. Помните? Мы дрались до крови и ходили в синяках, привыкая не обращать на это внимания. Мы ели пирожные, мороженое, пили лимонад, но никто от этого не толстел, потому что мы все время носились и играли. Из одной бутылки пили несколько человек, и никто от этого не умер.

У нас не было игровых приставок, компьютеров, 165 каналов спутникового телевидения, компакт дисков, сотовых телефонов, интернета, мы неслись смотреть мультфильм всей толпой в ближайший дом, ведь видиков тоже не было! Зато у нас были друзья. Мы выходили из дома и находили их. Мы катались На великах, пускали спички по весенним ручьям, сидели на лавочке, на заборе или в школьном дворе и болтали о чем хотели. Когда нам был кто-то нужен, мы стучались в дверь, звонили в звонок или просто заходили и виделись с ними. Помните? Без спросу! Сами! Одни в этом жестоком и опасном мире! Без охраны! Как мы вообще выжили?

Мы придумывали игры с палками и консервными банками, мы воровали яблоки в садах и ели вишни с косточками, и косточки не прорастали у нас в животе. Каждый хоть раз записался на футбол, хоккей или волейбол, но не все попали в команду. Те, кто не попали, научились справляться с разочарованием. Некоторые ученики не были так сообразительны, как остальные, поэтому они оставались на второй год. Контрольные и экзамены не подразделялись на 10 уровней, и оценки включали 5 баллов теоретически, и 3 балла на самом деле. На переменах мы обливали друг друга водой из старых многоразовых шприцов!

Наши поступки были нашими собственными. Мы были готовы к последствиям. Прятаться было не за кого. Понятия о том, что можно откупиться от Ментов или откосить от армии, практически не существовало. Родители тех лет обычно принимали сторону закона, можете себе представить!? Это поколение породило огромное количество людей, которые могут рисковать, решать проблемы и создавать нечто, чего до этого не было, просто не существовало. У нас была свобода выбора, право на риск и неудачу, ответственность, и мы как-то просто научились пользоваться всем этим. Если вы один из этого поколения, я вас поздравляю. Нам повезло, что наше детство и юность закончились до того, как правительство купило у молодежи свободу взамен за ролики, мобилы, фабрику звезд и классные сухарики... С их общего согласия... Для их же собственного блага...

Мы раньше много чего делали такого, что сейчас и в голову не взбредет делать. Более того, если ты сегодня хоть раз сделаешь то, что тогда делал постоянно - тебя не поймут, а могут и за сумасшедшего принять. Ну вот, например, помните, автоматы с газированной водой. Там еще был стакан граненый - один на всех. Сегодня никому и в голову не придет пить из общего стакана! (Сегодня его украдут через пять секунд после установки автомата, ровно за три секунды до того, как утащат и сам автомат...) А раньше ведь все пили из этих стаканов... Обычное дело! И ведь никто не боялся подхватить какую-нибудь заразу... Кстати, эти стаканы использовали для своих дел местные пьяницы. И, представьте себе, вы только представьте это - они ВОЗВРАЩАЛИ стакан на место! Не верите? А тогда - обычное дело!

Да, это мы были такими, а вот такими мы стали:

1. по ошибке, ты печатаешь свой пароль системного доступа на микроволновке

2. у тебя список из 15 номеров, чтобы связаться со своей семьей, которая состоит из 3 человек

3. ты отправляешь e-mail своему коллеге, что сидит в соседней комнате

4. ты потерял контакт со своими друзьями или семьей, потому что у них нет адреса электронной почты

5. после рабочего дня ты возвращаешься домой и отвечаешь по телефону так, словно ты еще на работе

7. ты впадаешь в состояние паники, если вышел из дома без мобильного телефона и ты возвращаешься за ним

8. ты просыпаешься утром и первая вещь, которую ты делаешь - подсоединяешься к Интернету, даже до того, как выпьешь кофе

9. ты склоняешь голову на бок, чтобы улыбнуться :-)

10. сейчас ты читаешь этот текст, ты с ним согласен и улыбаешься

11. еще хуже, ты уже знаешь, кому ты перешлешь это сообщение

12. ты слишком увлечен, чтобы заметить, что номер 6 в этом списке отсутствует

13. тебе понадобилась лишь секунда, чтобы пробежать еще раз по Сообщению и убедиться, что номера 6 действительно нет

Happy Birthday!

December has become almost as busy as April and I'd like to wish everyone celebrating their birthday this week much health, wealth, love and happiness! All the very best!

Dec 3 Jackie, we are going for drinks soon enough!
Dec 4 Annechka, success in everything that you do!
Dec 5 Linochka, my favorite sister, all the very, very best!
Dec 5 Lenny, enjoy your vacation!
Dec 7 Pasha & Lina, Happy 10 Year Anniversary!
Dec 7 Dima, may your dochenka bring only smiles to your face!
Dec 7 Kieran, all the best!
Dec 8 Perry, not that you'll ever read this, but Happy Birthday!

Gadya

A Must See

A Few Quotes & Sayings

e-mail, noun

A method of electronic communication, primarily used to inform you that your penis is too small.

Some people live life in the fast lane - I live in oncoming traffic.

"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: "Duh." Conan O'Brien

"I view myself as a simple platinum ring, Often mistaken for silver, but truly more valuable than gold"

"A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend, a successful women is one who can find such a man!"

I've given up the search for reality; now I'm just looking for a good fantasy.

"Тот, кто в течение дня активен как пчела, силен как бык, вкалывает как лошадь, приходит вечером домой уставший как собака, должен проконсультироваться с ветеринарным врачом - есть большая вероятность, что он осел". Чанг Инг Ю (1625г. )

Борьба за мир - это как секс за девственность.

Жизнь дается человеку только один раз, а каждый понедельник хочется начать ее заново.

Что хочу, то и делаю! - это беспредел. Чего не хочу, того и не делаю! - это свобода.

Если ты уважаешь закон и любишь колбасу, то тебе лучше не видеть как делается ни то, ни другое."принцип колбасы"

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.--Grace Hansen

INTAXICATION (n.) Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with!

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs

На терракты, совершенные неизвестно кем, США ответили ракетными ударами куда попало.

"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often."- Oliver Herford

Depression n. - Anger without enthusiasm.

Надоело работать, хочу зарабатывать!

Недавно обнаружил: чем меньше думаешь - тем больше желающих к тебе присоединиться!

Бывают такие удивительные лица, мимо которых невозможно пройти – надо обязательно остановиться и дать в морду

Молодежь часто думает, что для успеха в жизни можно ничего не уметь,ничего не знать и ничего не делать - достаточно просто бухать с нужнымилюдьми. И никто не задается вопросом, а с какого куя они будут с тобой пить, если ты ничего не умеешь, ничего не знаешь и ничего не делаешь.

Sleep is actually a good substitute for coffee.

"This is a strange country we live in. When it comes to electing a president, we get two choices. But when we have to select a Miss America, we get 50."

The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.

Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all.

Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.

There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number.

No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning.

Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a limo than in an old pickup truck.

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Oscar Wilde

Where is the Happiness?

BEING TWENTY … SOMETHING (Read The Whole Thing...It's Worth it.)

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They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

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You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were soclose to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with aresome of the most important ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

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You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.

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Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more thanusual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantlyadding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then thenext, secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared andconfused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soonrealize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where youare or move forward.

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You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.

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You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the sametopics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

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What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

The Mayonnaise Jar AND COFFEE

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hoursin a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the coffee...A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items infront of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a verylarge andempty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He thenasked 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 intothe jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the openareas between the golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar wasfull. They agreed that 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 in the jar. He asked oncemore if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

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The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table andpoured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the emptyspace between the sand. The students laughed.

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"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 - your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

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The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and 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 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.

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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. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. "One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffeere presented. 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 roomfor a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.

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My dearest friends, thanks for all the cups of coffee that we have shared.

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