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Celebration of Spring...
Have seen so many pictures of young ladies.
Now it's the time for a diversion.
Spring is for all. For the Street People too...
Abir Shaqran photography
Imam Bara, Puran Dhaka.
1 Falgun 1418.
13 February, 2011.
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember The Mayonnaise Jar
And 2 Cups of Coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class
And had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly.
He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full..
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous 'YES'.
The professor then produced 2 cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty spaces between the sand.
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 the important things -
Family, Children, Health, Friends, and Favourite Passions.
Things that if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The Pebbles are the other things that matter like your Job, House, and Car.
The Sand is everything else, the Small Stuff.
'If you put the Sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the Pebbles or the Golf Balls.
The same goes for Life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the Small Stuff, you will never have room for the things that are IMPORTANT to you.
So...
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your Children.
Take time to get Medical Checkups.
Take your Partner out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
'Take care of the Golf Balls first, the things that really matter.
Set your Priorities.
The rest is just Sand.'
One of the students raised her hand
and inquired what the Coffee represented.
The professor smiled.
'I'm glad you asked'.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of Coffee with a Friend.'
- Unknown source (from a friend's email)
Reposting of old photo from 2009 shuttle launch captured-- in Key Largo. will never see this again
Explore #431 3/15/09,reposted 7/11/11
What do you see when you look at the water? Today I saw the space shuttle and its reflection.
This is a "cloud" and it's reflection from the Space shuttle Discovery launch today, as seen in Key Largo, FL, over 200 miles away. The contrail is to the lower left of the cloud. We were sitting watching the twilight bloom, when to our surprise, we got to see the incredible fireworks of the space shuttle launch. This "cloud" just suddenly bloomed and got brighter and brighter.
Not fantastic photography, but thought people might want to see this.
3/15/09 2382
Hold it in and don't let it go.
11/22/09
THE GRAIN KILLS ME. fml
I uploaded it anyway but I feel so self-conscious about it.
Celebration of Spring...
Have seen so many pictures of young ladies.
Now it's the time for a diversion.
Spring is for all. For Children too...
Abir Shaqran photography
TSC, Dhaka University.
1 Falgun 1418.
13 February, 2011.
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the White-collared Kingfisher or Mangrove Kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia and Australasia to Polynesia. It is a very variable species with about 50 subspecies. - wikipedia
"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it."
--Charles M. Schulz
for the imagoism thursday weekly discussion and dedicated to the vision of our friend Virgie (imago2007). i hope you are doing well, V!! *hugs*
happy imagoism thursday..HiT na HiT!
and HGGT as well....take care, you all!