A Lesson we can all learn from

[Guest guest]

I wanted to share this email with the group. It really made me think of how

we all look at things differently. As a WLS patient I find that

my focus right now is ME.....finding MY way.....helping others find THEIR

way and being the best I can be.

Some people have surgeons, friends, family, co workers etc who try to tell

them they can't succeed or they will fail.

I believe in us all and think we can do it. If anyone tells you your glass

is half empty or your jar or rocks is full....tell them " Thank you..... " and

KEEP MOVING!!

Don't let others steal your confidence or your joy.

Enjoy your journey, bumps and all and learn from it, then TEACH others from

what you have learned.

We have all been given a great opportunity to 'start over' .....Lets do it!!

~Hugs

Melty~

Open RNY 5/1/98 -- -163 lbs

Panniculectomy/abdomnioplasty 5/23/01 -- -15 lbs

Dr. Lawrence Barzune/Dallas TX -- would recommend him 110%

**have maintained my weight loss for over 2.5 years and feel I am at " goal "

but wish to lose another 10-15 lbs if possible! for the proverbial " icing on

the cake " that I can't EAT!

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items

in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty

mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks

right to the top, rocks about 2 " diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full?

They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured

them in to the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of

course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. The

students laughed. He asked his students again if the jar was

full?

They agreed that yes, it was. The professor then picked up a box

of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything

else.

" Now, " said the professor, " I want you to recognize

that this is your life. The rocks are the important things -

your family, your partner, your health, your children - anything that is so

important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed.

The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a

smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house,

your car.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put

the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room.

If you spend all your energy and time on the small

stuff, material things, you will never have room for the things

that are truly most important.

Pay attention to the things that are critical in

your life. Play with your children.

Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go

to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the

disposal.

" Take care of the rocks first -- the things that really

matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just pebbles and sand.

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