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"Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
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i hope so.
later.

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Cleveland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Big Rocks


You just work way too hard Mr. Ken! Better days tomorrow?

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> From: Barber, Kenneth L. <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Big Rocks
> Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:32 PM
>
> i have been so busy, it is about 11 at night and i have not stoped yet.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Cleveland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Big Rocks
>
>
> Thought this was an interesting perspective. Came from a Christian (there
> we go again!) cancer
> list.
>  Hope all are well. Bobby, Ken where are you guys today? Kyle, honey?
> Still trying to figure out what size rock house cleaning is....
>  Getting my rocks in order,
> Laura
>
> ----------
> > From: Peggy Landt <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [CHRIST-SUPP] PRIORITIES
> > Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:06 AM
> >
> > PRIORITIES
> > An expert in time management was speaking to a group of business
students
> > and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will
> never
> > forget.  As he stood in front of the group of high-powered
overachievers
> he
> > said, "Okay, time for a quiz"
> > and he pulled out a one-gallon, mason jar and set it on the table in
> front
> > of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully
> placed
> > them, one at a time, into the jar.
> >
> > When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside,
he
> > asked, "Is this jar full?"
> >
> > Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."
> >
> > The time management expert replied, "Really?"
> >
> > He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped
> some
> > gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves
> down
> > into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once
more,
> > "Is the jar full?"
> >
> > By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them
> answered.
> >
> > "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket
> of
> > sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of
the
> > spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the
> > question, "Is this jar full?"
> >
> > "No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good."  Then he grabbed a
> > pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to
the
> > brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this
> > illustration?"
> >
> > One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how
> full
> > your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more
> things
> > in it!"
> >
> > "No," the speaker replied, that's not the point. The truth this
> illustration
> > teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never
get
> > them in at all.
> >
> > What are the 'big rocks' in your life -- time with your loved ones,
your
> > faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or
mentoring
> > others?  Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get
> them
> > in at all."   So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting
on
> > this short story,
> > ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life?  Then,
> put
> > those in your jar first.
> > *Author Unknown
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peggy Landt
> >
> > Web Page: http://www.jps.net/peggyl
> >
> > "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in
> human
> > history--with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
> > --Mitch Ratliffe, "Technology Review"
> >
> >

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