“Life is very interesting…in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” Drew Barrymore
I had a very lazy day yesterday, after my 150 mile drive
home and the fact I’d had a very late night Sunday, I spent the rest of the day
chatting with mom and then went to bed super early. No I’m all refreshed.
Over the weekend the subject of NLP came up a few times
and I just happened to have an audiobook on my ipod about it, so I listened to
that on the way home and although my mind kept drifting away to the weekend I’d
just had and a couple of other important people in my life, I did manage to
soak up some of the information.
One of the things it covered was putting yourself in the
other person’s position and asking yourself how’d you behave / think / react if
you were them. I think I try to do that
anyway, it’s not always easy, especially when you’re angry but it’s better than
trying to find the answer in a tray of doughnuts.
Seeing both sides and asking yourself how other people
think is a great way of making friendships and relationships work better,
because people don’t see the same situation in the same way, we all have
different perspectives. This is one
reason I love people so much because I like to hear those different views.
I also heard started reading a book yesterday which
started with this story, you may have heard before;
A Tibetan Lama was speaking to a group of monks and
to make a point, pulled out a large jar, set it on the table in front of him,
produced fist-sized rocks, and placed them, one by one, into the jar.
When no more rocks would fit inside, he asked: “Is
this jar full?” Everyone said: “Yes. He
reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel, dumped some in and
shook the jar, the gravel worked between the rocks. Again, he asked: “Is this jar full?” The monks were catching on. “probably not”
one answered.
“Good!” he replied and reached under the table and
brought out a bucket of sand. He dumped
the sand into the jar until it filled all the crevices. Once more he asked: “Is this jar full?”
“No!” the monks shouted. “Good!” he said and
grabbed a pitcher of water and poured it until the jar was filled to the
brim. Then he asked, “what is the point
of this illustration?” One young monk
responded, “the point is, no matter how full your day, you can always fit some
more things in”.
“No,” the speaker replied, “the point is that if
you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all. What are the priorities in your life?”
So this morning I will leave you with that thought,
what are the priorities in your life? What
are your big rocks and are you putting them in your jar first!
I’ve found since I make time for the big rocks (the
things in my life that matter to me), my life flows much better.
Have a fabulous day. x
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