Old Man who read the future

A man who lived a long time ago believed that he could read the future in the stars. He called himself an Astrologer and spent his time at night gazing at the sky. He was always busy worrying about future and villagers often came to him, hoping to know what their future holds.

One evening he was walking along the open road outside the village. His eyes were fixed on the stars. He thought he saw there that the end of the world was at near. He lost in his thoughts about the future. As he was looking at the stars, he kept walking without looking down. Suddenly, he fell into a ditch full of mud and water.

He was sinking in the muddy water, and madly trying to claw at the slippery sides of the hole in his effort to climb out. He was unable to crawl out and fearing for his life, he started screaming for help. His cries for help soon brought the villagers running.

As they pulled him out of the mud, one of them said, “You pretend to read the future in the stars, and yet you fail to see what is at your feet! This may teach you to pay more attention to what is right in front of you, and let the future take care of itself.”

“What use is it,” said another, “to read the stars, when you can’t see what’s right here on the earth?”

Moral: We all want our future to be bright and happy, but the time doesn’t stop for anyone. Each tomorrow turns into today, your present is also a part your future. There is always a tomorrow to look forward to and improve, but you can’t go back to yesterday. So, maintain the balance of your present life while you work for a better tomorrow.

THE MAYONNAISE JAR

A professor stood before his class with some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with some golf balls until he could not fill in any more of the golf balls.

He asked the students whether the jar was full or not. All the students unanimously  agreed that it was full.

The professor then picked up some small pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly for the pebbles to settle down. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. When he thought he could no longer add more pebbles , he once asked his students whether the jar was full or not. All the students agreed it was full and he could no longer put more of the pebbles.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. The sand settled between the spaces left in by the pebbles. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

“Do you think I can fill this jar any more.” Asked the professor. “No” answered all of the students.

He then took his coffee mug and poured the coffee into the Jar.  The sand soaked the coffee in and any space left were filled with the coffee .

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 represents the most  important things in your life- your family,   health, friends and favorite passions. If you are left with only them, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like job, house and car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first there will be no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.’

If you spend all the time and energy on the small stuffs, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with family.

Spend time with your parents.

Visit with grandparents.

Follow your passion

There will always be time to do petty things.

Take care of the golf balls in your life, other things can easily be adjusted into the life . Set your priorities, give time to the important things in life because the rest is just sand!

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the water represented. The professor smiled and said, ‘I’m glad you asked.’ The water just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of coffee with friends.

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