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To: 246810 who wrote (78)	5/24/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: dexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 139

Great stuff Mr. 246810, Simple, yet full of happiness for those who dare to follow it. Thank you for the wise and warm fuzzy, Dexx

To: 246810 who wrote (78)	5/24/1998 8:30:00 PM
From: Wayne J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 139

Greetings! 246810, I enjoyed your pleasant reflections-especially picking up the book and turning off the T.V....... The learnings that you shared from Kindergarten brought back a smile to my wrinkled face! Years ago when I was a School Teacher in Toronto the Kindergarten Class was right next door to my room. It was my first year in teaching, I was fortunate to get hired and thus I was giving every ounce of Wayne that I could to demonstrate to the Principal that he made the correct hiring decision! After about the third month I was exhausted! One day I quietly tip toed into the Kindergarten Class just as they were getting ready for their afternoon nap! They all had their pillows with them and were unwillingly getting ready to put their heads down! As soon as they saw me they got all restless and the Kindergarten teacher wasn't very impressed!--So! She told them that I had arrived to join in the nap! ( Nice one!) So! I grabbed myself a small pillow of a pupil that was away that day, layed on the floor amongst all the smiling and giggling children and closed my eyes, thinking that if they saw I was pretending to sleep they would settle down and do the same! Well you can guess what happened next! I fell asleep! About 40 minutes later the Principal of the School is shaking my shoulder asking me if I had a nice nap!---I thought! OH! OH! There goes my teaching career! He just had a pleasant smile on his face, he asked me to join him in his office, as all the children were starting to awake from their nap! Once inside his office, he told me that was the nicest seal of approval that he had seen any teacher demonstrate to the Kindergarten Pupils in many years! He explained that he understood how committed I was in doing my best for all the students and suggested that I take a day off just to get some sleep! WOW! I couldn't believe it! That was sure a change from the School Principal's that I had when I was a Student! SO! 245810!!!!! Your reflections this day are duly noted! Thanks for bringing back that pleasant memory for me! Best Regards, Wayne J.

To: 246810 who wrote (78)	5/27/1998 2:41:00 AM
From: D LEE	Respond to of 139

"246810" (#78) Little Kids are smart aren't they? Because at this young age they seem to be capable of learning these lessons! I am quite sobered by the fact that countless adults would be "willing to die" (wouldn't be able to survive due to the habits they have formed) rather than learn these lessons! As successful as some of them are, this has to be a weakness. Without success, the weakness stands out and becomes what they are known by. "Dexx" (#0)(Beginning the Thread) your right! Substituting "with" for "by" in the Subject Title of the thread is great! When I got here today and read it I felt a huge, special welcome drawing me in! Uh....can you change the title on the "C__A" Thread?? hehehe! "Wayne" (#80) Ohhh, ...Wayne, Wayne, Wayne. Such a (fill in the blank) story! .....Definitely capable of being tired! But in your character, I can find no weakness. Dave

To: 246810 who wrote (78)	5/31/1998 1:03:00 AM
From: 246810	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 139

Hi to everyone. Jack wants some words of wisdom from me. I think it is more appropriate to put them here than on the NYRR thread so here goes. This is by no means original from me. It is one of those stories that circulates the web and came to me circuitously from a student or professor in Colorado. It's a little long, but has a good moral. <<<A while back I was reading about an expert on subject of time management. One day this expert was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration I'm sure those students will never forget. After I share it with you, you'll never forget it either. As this man stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed mason jar and set it on a table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes." Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. Then he smiled and asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was onto him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. And he reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" "No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good!" Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked up at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard, you can always fit some more things into it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all." The title of this story is, " The Big Rocks of Life." What are the big rocks in your life? A project that YOU want to accomplish? Time with your loved ones? Your faith, your education, your finances? A cause? Teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. So, tonight or in the morning when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the "big rocks" in my life or business? Then, put those in your jar. >>>>> 246810