To Have
a Better Life
The
author writes an inspiring story called “The
Important Things in Life.” Unfortunately, the story has an unknown author,
but it has a valuable message that we can learn from it.” Take care of the
rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is
just sand,” a philosophy professor said once to his students. The story focuses
on what the most important things are in your
life that you should spend more time on them.
The story first begins with the professor
who brings a jar and fills it with rocks, and he asks the student if the jar is
fill. The students say that it is. After that, he pours pebbles into the jar, between the larger rocks. Then he asks
the students again if the jar is full, and they agree. Next, he pours sand into
the jar and asks them the same question, and they respond that it’s full. “Now”
said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your
life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your health, and your
children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your
life would still be full.” Furthermore, the pebbles are the other things that
matter, such as a job, a house, and a car, while the sand is everything else, the
small stuff. The truth in this is quite clear to see; important things, for
example, family, must be on the top of your list.
The professor further
mentions” If you put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles
or the rocks”. Similarly, your life if you spend most of your time with less
important stuff, you will not have time for things that are more important,
such as your family. Therefore, you should pay attention to the things that
represents the basic for your life rather than the less important stuff because
people sometimes forget the differences between the rocks, pebbles, and sand.
As an illustration, work and family are both important, but family is much more
important than work. This does not mean that you should not have a job, but you
should spend more time with your family and take care of them.
“The
Important Things in Life” gives a valuable lesson, which helps you control
your life in order to have a happy and successful life. It encourages you to
become more responsible in your life to have a better life.
Hi Sarah !
ReplyDeleteThanks for your story. Actually, the professor in the story has a wonderful way to explain his point. In general, I agree with the professor that the live needs more organized to make the live easy. We should care about our live and try to make it step by step and do the important thing at the first then we will look at the second importace. Again, thank you for this story.
Hi Sarah
ReplyDeleteIt is fascinating to read the reaction essay. I like the way you summarized the story and the analysis. I agree with the professor valuable lesson. It is a wise philosophy actually. We should focus on
the priorities in our life like family and health as you mentioned.
the author used a clear metaphor. I enjoyed reading your essay.
Hi, Sarah. I completely agree with your opinion. I think I think the professor’s words are very reasonable. People should know what the most important thing is in the life. And then People should order them according to the primary and secondary order. I think that can let our life more and more wonderful. To me, I think My family’s everything is the most important thing in my life. And then, My study, my friend and etc. When I finished reading your reaction essay, I confirmed that my point of view which is family’s everything is the most important thing in my life. I recommend you a another one to read, which is the story of Keesh. This story also tell about that Keesh let his mother live better, so he works hard to go hunting. This is the link: http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/American_Stories_17499.html
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