I had heard this deep story before.. but I never get tired of it.

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class
And had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively

filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

‘Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things – family,
children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions ˆ
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.
The sand is everything else –The small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ He continued,
‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So…
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
‘Take care of the golf balls first –
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled.
‘I’m glad you asked’.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.’
Please share this with other “Golf Balls” and friends

Very often times, I get asked where I get my energy from.

There really is no secret behind it: it’s a combination of…

• doing what I love doing the most as my means of income
• Serving/helping people
• FOCUS: building self-confidence and self-esteem through focus on the things I want to achieve, and through focus on being the person I wanna be and that I know other people like being with.
• Thankfulness for the amazing people I have in my life, and for the great things that are happening in my life.

There’s more, but these 4 things specifically I think are the main reasons why I am always bursting with energy.

I think following sums it up:

DO WHAT YOU LOVE… LOVE WHAT YOU DO.

WE are in control of our own happiness. Happiness TOTALLY IS a decision you make.

Speaking of “FOCUS”: your happiness is dependent upon your DECISION what you wanna focus on!

Do you want to focus on all the reasons why something can NOT work, or do you want to focus on finding and creating solutions?

Do you want to focus on the reasons why a relationship did not work out, or do you want to focus on the lessons you learned from it?

Do you want to focus on the mistakes you made… or on the lessons you learned?

Do you want to focus on shit that happened in the past, or on things you could do RIGHT NOW?

Do you want to focus on something someone says that you take personal, or on the humor there is in you taking yourself too serious?

Now you all know why I don’t need all that much sleep, and why I am constantly bursting with energy: I choose to not focus on things that take my POWER away from me or that could possibly drain my energy.

Life is too short… and so is yours.

FOCUS on the right things… nothing else matters.  :)

Meanwhile… also focus on what kind a friends you attract in life: if you wanna know WHO you really are… look at the people in your life.

After all… my favorite band said it  best: “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together”.

Speaking of friends… I thought in conclusion, in line with the words in this post, that following video my friend Brian Hardin is producing, serves as the perfect icing on the cake. Brian’s message: “LIGHTEN UP”.