Santa Clara Meditation Column – How To Fill A Jar
A professor put a jar on the school table and filled it with a fistful of stones.
“Is this jar full?”
When the professor asked, the students answered, “Yes.”
He smiled, and he took out a bowl of sand and poured it into the jar.
He shook the jar to make sure that the sand was evenly sanded through the stones and asked,
“Now, is it full?”
“…….”
What does that mean? The students just tilted their heads and couldn’t answer anything.
The professor poured water so that it would seep into the jar.
“Now, the jar is full at last.”
Do you know what I mean by what I’ve shown you now?”
One of the students raised his hand.
“Even if your schedule seems to be
full, it means you can do more with your free time at any time.”
The professor shook his head.
“No. What we need to learn from this experiment today is that if you don’t put the biggest stone first, you won’t be able to put in the stone again.”
A big stone is the most important thing to do.
In life, people tend to put off important tasks because they are busy with simple, trivial things.
What is the most important thing to me now?
Let’s ask ‘My Heart’ who knows the most accurate answer.
And do it.
