What is the significance of the beer?
There is this wonderful man at my work named John Osborn and I never am without a smile on my face while he is around (unless I am having a red card day, never reserved for him of course). But yesterday, I really enjoyed going over to the location in East London where he works, as the South African curators are looking at our collections there. It's nice because the offices are networked to the Museum so I can generally carry on with my regular work as if in the same place. But, going to the stores is also great because I get to see people like John, Heidi and Ryszard, who are always great to spend some time with.
Anyhow, yesterday John and I were talking about "Rome wasn't built in a day" kinda stuff and he mentioned a friend of his who is a teacher and sort of philospher. So one day the man has a large jar on his desk full of golfballs and he asks the students, "Is this jar full?" and they reply, "Yes!" And he says, "really?" So then, he takes some marbles and puts then into the jar, falling between the balls, gives it a shake and then says, "Is it full now?" to which they reply, "Well, er...yes!" Then, he takes out a bag of sand, pours it into the jar and says, "Is it still full now?" The students are a bit hesitant now but then say, "...yes...". Then, he finally gets out a can of beer, cracks it, then pours it into the jar. "Now is it full?" he asks, to which they of course reply a hesitant 'yes'.
Then, John's friend goes into explaining the purpose of the exercise. He says that the golf balls are the important things in your life, like family and health, and things like that. He says that the marbles are the other things like your clothes or your house or things that you have in your life to take care of or distract you. Then, he says that the sand are all the other little things like bills and stress or things that you take away from your life and are less good to have around. And then, one of the students asks: "What's the significance of the beer?" Then, the teacher replies, "Well, there is always some space in life for some beer!"
There is this wonderful man at my work named John Osborn and I never am without a smile on my face while he is around (unless I am having a red card day, never reserved for him of course). But yesterday, I really enjoyed going over to the location in East London where he works, as the South African curators are looking at our collections there. It's nice because the offices are networked to the Museum so I can generally carry on with my regular work as if in the same place. But, going to the stores is also great because I get to see people like John, Heidi and Ryszard, who are always great to spend some time with.
Anyhow, yesterday John and I were talking about "Rome wasn't built in a day" kinda stuff and he mentioned a friend of his who is a teacher and sort of philospher. So one day the man has a large jar on his desk full of golfballs and he asks the students, "Is this jar full?" and they reply, "Yes!" And he says, "really?" So then, he takes some marbles and puts then into the jar, falling between the balls, gives it a shake and then says, "Is it full now?" to which they reply, "Well, er...yes!" Then, he takes out a bag of sand, pours it into the jar and says, "Is it still full now?" The students are a bit hesitant now but then say, "...yes...". Then, he finally gets out a can of beer, cracks it, then pours it into the jar. "Now is it full?" he asks, to which they of course reply a hesitant 'yes'.
Then, John's friend goes into explaining the purpose of the exercise. He says that the golf balls are the important things in your life, like family and health, and things like that. He says that the marbles are the other things like your clothes or your house or things that you have in your life to take care of or distract you. Then, he says that the sand are all the other little things like bills and stress or things that you take away from your life and are less good to have around. And then, one of the students asks: "What's the significance of the beer?" Then, the teacher replies, "Well, there is always some space in life for some beer!"
posted by Laura aka Transglobal Lip at 7:14 p.m.
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