Ball and Glass – A Simple Yet Powerful Life Lesson

Ball and Glass – A Simple Yet Powerful Life Lesson

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In a quiet classroom, a professor once placed a glass jar on the table and filled it with golf balls. “Is it full?” he asked. The students nodded. Then, he added pebbles, shaking them in until they filled the spaces between the balls. “Full now?” Again, yes. Finally, he poured sand, which filled every tiny crevice.

This story, often titled Ball and Glass , carries a deeper message about life’s priorities. The golf balls represent the truly important things—family, health, passions, and friendships. If everything else were lost, and only they remained, life would still be full. The pebbles are the smaller but still significant things like a job, a house, or a car. The sand? That’s everything else—emails, chores, daily distractions.

The lesson is simple: if you fill your jar with sand first, there won’t be room for the golf balls or pebbles. Life works the same way. If you spend all your time on the small stuff, you’ll miss what truly matters.

In a world that moves fast and rewards busyness, it’s easy to forget the bigger picture.