What’s most important to you?
A brief visualization that was shared from a close friend…
Imagine that you had an empty glass jar in front of you. Fill the jar to the very top with golf balls until you can fit no more. Is the jar full? Now when you think that the jar of golf balls is full, pour pebbles into the jar and shake the jar gently until the pebbles fill all of the empty spaces between the golf balls. We now have a jar filled to the top with golf balls and pebbles. Just for fun, now add sand to the jar and slowly shake the jar until the sand fills all of the remaining spaces between the golf balls and pebbles.
This jar can be a representation of life. The golf balls are the most important things to you— this may be your passions, family, friends, and health. If only these important things remained in your life and everything else was lost, your life would still be full. The pebbles are other things that matter in your life— maybe for you this is your house and your car. The sand is the other stuff in your life— the small stuff. Hopefully you’ve noticed that if you fill the jar with the sand first, there will be no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. We can say the same thing about life. Our time and energy needs to be focused on those things that are most important to us.
