Dark Monday

Kemarin hari Senin dan kayaknya hari Senin yang sulit untuk semua orang. Bayangkan, minggu lalu ada dua hari libur, Senin dan Jumat. Buat orang-orang yang gak ambil cuti dan liburan entah ke mana, ritme dua hari libur itu sungguh mengganggu. Senin pagi, I got up with a nasty yawn. Gak enak banget. Badan pegel dan ngantuknya gak hilang-hilang juga. Sampai di kantor I made a beeline to pantry, bikin kopi kental. Gak ada nafsu makan. I drank coffee all day.

Ternyata gak cuma aku yang begitu. Some people admitted the same thing. Tapi pagi ini, aku buka bulletin board dan baca satu posting yang refreshing, as in witty, smart, with pitch-black-humor which I like a lot. My kinda-something. He could be the next Groucho Marx though I doubt that he likes to be called "the next-something".

Thanks, Ad. You’ve made my day.

The You You Love

There’s always room for a couple cups of 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.

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 mugs 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–your family, your health, your children, your friends, 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, 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 medical checkups. 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’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 cups of coffee."

(Taken from forward-an email. Author unkonown.)