Aussie67
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In a tutorial a psychology professor showed his four students, one each from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, an empty glass. "Imagine this is life", he said. He took some pebbles from his pocket and filled the glass to the brim. "Now, is it full?" he said. "Yes," they replied, at which point he took a handful of gravel, which trickled round the pebbles and also came up to the top of glass. "Now is it full?" he said. "Yes," they said. So took a handful of sand and poured it onto the gravel and pebbles, and naturally a substantial amount trickled in until it reached the top of the glass. "So, what's your conclusion?" said the professor. "Well," said the English student, "obviously it's that it's the little things that really give you a full life. "Not at all," said the Welsh student. "If you'd put the sand in first there'd have been no room for the gravel or pebbles. So the lesson is you must achieve the big things in your life if you want a full life." "But, you've both missed the point," said the Scottish student. "You have to give every aspect of your life its due priority, whether it's big or little." "So what do you think?" said the professor to the Irish student, who reached into his pocket and produced a bottle of Guinness. He removed the top, and poured some into the glass, then drank the rest, and said "No matter how full you think your life is there's always room for a drop of Guinness."
