The "Mom I Love You" Song

A teacher's life lessons using a jar and some golf balls

This is a very important life lesson that a philosophy teacher taught his students.

The teacher cleared off his desk and placed on top of it a few items. One of the items was an empty mason jar. He proceeded to fill up the jar with golf balls until he could fit no more. He looked at the classroom and asked his students if they agree that the jar is full. Every student agreed that the jar was indeed full.

The teacher then picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar with the golf balls. The pebbles filled all of the openings in between the golf balls. He asked the students if the jar was full. Once again, they agreed.

Now the teacher picked up a bag of sand and poured it into the mason jar. The sand filled in all of the empty space left between the golf balls and pebbles. He asked the class again if the jar was full. The students agreed it was technically full.

Finally, the teacher pulled out two beers from under his desk and poured both of them into the jar filling the empty space between the sand. Now the students began to laugh wondering how far this was going.

The teacher waited until the laughter stopped. "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life," he started. "The golf balls represent the important things. Your family, children, health, friends, and passions. If everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles represent the other things in life that matter, such as your job, house and car. The sand---that is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand in first, there is no room for the pebbles or golf balls.

The same goes for life. If you spend all of your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are most important. Pay attention to the important things in your life.

Enjoy time with family. Go to dinner with your spouse. Play games with your kids. There will ALWAYS be time to clean the house or take yourself shopping.

Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. The rest is just sand. You are dismissed."

Before the students left, one shouted out. "You never mentioned what the beer represents!"

The professor smiled and said, "Well I'm glad you asked. The beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room to have a beer with a friend."

From Sunny Skyz

Mae West

"The Good Ol' Days. Back in the day when men were men and Sheep were scared, Mae West ruled, first Vaudeville then Broadway and Film.

Arrested numerous times by complaint from the public, she was prosecuted on morals charges. She actually did 8 out of the 10 days she was sentenced to in Jail.

Known for her use of " double entendres", Mae West, was the epitome of sassiness. I do believe we'd have been BFF's. Here are a few quotes;

*Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

*I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

*I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

*Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

*I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Read more at Brainy Quotes

The Chilling Effect

Published on Sep 23, 2013 Full title: "The Chilling Effect - Pain Patients in the War on Drugs" by Siobhan Reynolds (RIP) and Elizabeth Hendler; it was released in 2005. It is about the case and family travails of failed back surgery and MS patient Richard Paey, and about Siobhan and son Ronan's experiences trying to help husband and PRN co-founder Sean Greenwood, an Elhers-Danlos patient in severe intractable pain find compassionate medical care. Sean, once a patient treated with great success by Dr. Hurwitz, was unable to find ongoing, adequate treatment. He died in a hotel room, with Siobhan and Ronan, as they desperately crossed the country seeking compassionate care.

Wabi-Sabi

Ah, imperfections, don't I know it...

I  can remember, like it was yesterday, the scars, new scars all over my young body. I was 18 when I was hit by two cars, one head-on. They were Drag Racing while me, my husband and our car just happened to get in their way. Shattered and broken, literally, it took me years to rise above those ugly scars. It took a hatefully long time for me not to zone in on those scars, every cotton pickin' time I looked in the mirror. 

Today, I find myself asking people about their scars. To me, I see them as a road map, a map that tells the story of where you've been and even where you're going. And in many cases, scars can be rather sexy!

I came across this, very inspiring video and ask you to watch it.

GIF's

"Holy Shit, there's two of 'em. If I act retarded maybe they'll just go away???"

Thus The Term, "Scaredy Cat."


 
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Musical Mayhem

I tend to obsess over shit, especially music. Here's what I listened to today...


The Band Perry-Better Dig Two Gotye-Somebody That I Used To Know