When things in life seem almost too much to handle and when 24 hours in a day are not enough, think about the quart jar and the coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up an empty quart jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the class if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

He then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar, until they filled the spaces between the golf balls. He asked again if the jar was full. The students answered that it was.

He then picked up a bag of sand and proceeded to pour until it came up to the top. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

He then took two cups of coffee from the desk and poured it into the jar. The liquid soaked the sand and came up to the top of the jar. The students laughed. He once more asked the students if the jar was full. They unanimously agreed that now it was.

He then said, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things. Your God, your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite 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 in your life, your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else. It is the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, there would be no room for the pebbles and 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.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Spend quality time with your family. There will always be time to clean house and repair things around the house. Take care of the golf balls first because they are the things that really matter. Set priorities. The

Jerry W. Price and Wanda Joan (Skaggs) Price will celebrate their 60^th wedding anniversary on the 21^st of January, 2019. They were married in the Church of God at Allen, Oklahoma at 7:00 p.m. on January 19, 1959.

Jerry grew up in Allen and Wanda grew up in Holdenville. She graduated from high school in May 1959 while Jerry was in Germany with the U.S. Army.