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The Mayonnaise Jar And Coffee

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar....and the coffee.   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 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 in life-God, 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. 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. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get a medical check ups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18.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 am glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there is always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

 

 

The primary aim of this blog today is try to construct a series of research of ZuoZuo's personal space. As shown on the site statistics, the thread named 'The 7th Birthday of My Love, 5th Anniversary of the Marriage' and published on 23th of June have been visited 30 times. This is unblievable achievement for a topic related to love story and 'set up a paradigm approach'(adapted from the lines of a comment) for blog writers who persuiting high access rates. At the moment when I just finish reading the content of the piece of wrting, I suddenly realized that the only quotation used in this article is in the introduction part. The rest of the writing seems to be filled with vivid examples and small cases from her life in chronological order. Personally, I still strongly maintain the belief that only best memories can last forever. In the light of this, one who have read this article could conclude jealously that ZuoZuo have been surrounded by the happiness of her love during the past 7 years. As you might noticed, one of the most frequently used words in discribing what have been done by DouDou  is 'every time' which means that there have been continuous effort from him to retain the romance of the love while injecting new meaning for it. Quite often we incline to accept the view that marriage is the demise of the romance because of the lack of changes.  I would argue that the faith of continue doing a simple thing is highly edorable even for the couple who have spent their time for decades. Any artworks that suvive the change of time is appriciated by most of people because of its intrinsic beauty(for instance, the ceiling of Sistine Chapel, the Great Wall). So does the love.

When I accidentally browsed my personal site today, I suddenly realized that something needed to be appended onto my blog for the sake of not leaving it emty as it was. Actually, I didn't have to much content to show off at this place so far. However, as time goes by, I could deliberately develop the habit of inscribe my own experiences and share them witn others who I may or may not know about.