If I were a baby again

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Hi guys,

My virgin attempt in blog-a-ton makes my day very special and no other topic is good enough to start my post.

"If i were a baby again"- when i think about the topic makes my heart lighter and wish i were a baby again.

Whenever i see my 3 year old son running around, screaming, laughing, playing etc makes me always jealous and wish i am him.

Turning back the chronology machine as a baby i would be living life everyday as if the world is ending today and no tomorrow.

I would like to share a story to show the difference in the way of thinking - as a child and as a common man.

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, Loved ones, and Favorite passions –
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.'

If i were a kid i will be interested in nothing but golf balls but being a man i am now rather interested in only pebbles and sand.

As a fellow blog-a-tonic i wish all our community to be a baby to shower their interest in golf balls and two cups of coffee rather than pebbles and sand.

I believe everyone agrees with me and i am open to differences in my opinion.

Adios.

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