A professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him.
一位教授站在他的学生面前,面前放着一些东西.
When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty jar and proceeded to fill it
with rocks right to the top.
上课时,他一言不发地拿起一个空罐子,开始往罐子里装满石头,直到罐子的顶部.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.
然后他问学生们罐子是否满了.他们一致认为是满的.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
于是教授拿起一盒鹅卵石,然后把它们倒进罐子里.
He shook the jar lightly.The pebbles,of course,rolled into the open areas
between the rocks.The students laughed.
他轻轻地摇了摇罐子,当然,鹅卵石滚进了空旷的地方,在石头之间.学生们笑了起来.
He asked his students again if the jar was full. Again they agreed that it was.
他问学生罐子罐子是否满了.学生们再次认为是满的.
The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
然后,教授拿起一盒沙子倒进罐子里.
Of course,the sand filled up everything else.
当然,沙子填满了其他的一切.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life."
"现在",教授说,"我想让你们认识到这是你们的生活."
The rocks are the important things-your family, you partner,your health, your chidren-
anything that is so improtant to your that if it were lost,you would be nearly destroyed.
这些石头是很重要的东西-你的家庭,你的伴侣,你的健康,你的孩子--
任何对你来说是非常重要的东西,如果失去了它们,你就几乎毁灭.
The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a small scale.
鹅卵石是生活中其他重要的东西,但规模很小.
The pebbles represent thing like your job, house or car.
鹅卵石代表着你的工作,房子或车子
The sand is everything else,the "small stuff."
沙子代表着其他的东西,"小东西"
"If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first,there is no room for the rocks."
"如果你先把沙子或鹅卵石放进罐子里,就没有其他位置放石头了"
The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff
你的生活也是如此.如果你把所有的精力和时间都花在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上,
material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important.
你就永远没有空间去做那些真正重要的事情.
Pay attention to the things that are important in your life and spend time on
the important.
关注你生活中重要的事情和把时间花在重要的事情上.