Bottle of life

Today I was putting wafers in its container at home after bringing it from stores. They were not fitting in it and I had to shake the container so that it would fit.

And at that moment I remembered the video which I had seen as a small girl.

It was the video of a professor who was explaining to his students that life is like a bottle. Golf balls are the important things in life like family, friends,passion , the pebbles are like other important things in life like work,job,home,car and the sand is like the small stuff.

So if we fill our lives with all the small stuffs there is no space for pebbles and golf balls.

And however full is the bottle there is always some space to have some enjoyment with your family and friends.

When I had seen this as a small child I  saw it very casually. It was just any other video for me.

But today after that incident of wafers I realised the real meaning and worth behind it.

In life everything is about priority and preferences. Parents are our most important person in life and we do everything for them. Despite our success in professional life we remain that small kid in eyes of our parents. All our things in life are centred around our parents as they are the reason for all the success we get in life.

Next comes our friends and job.

They are important for us to bond with each other for each step in life and job is needed for livelihood.

Next comes the materialistic things.

Though they are transient they are important but we cannot prioritise them above parents and family and friends.

Lastly is the sand which is all the other small stuff which in my opinion is negativity, all the low feelings like tension,grief,sorrow,self doubt ,comparison,jealousy,fomo and so on.

And where we all are busy comparing  our lives with insta followers and influencers for a so called perfect life, it is really necessary to rethink our golf balls!!