Nourishing our relationships and roles is a critical component of our overall health. Unfortunately, when stress or the busy nature of our lives become overwhelming, we sometimes let our most important relationships and roles slide a bit.
When this happens, I feel it's important to remember what our priorities really are, and to place our focus there.
There's a great analogy to give you a visual of what this means... it goes loosely like this:
Start with a large glass jar that represents your life. You get to choose what you fill your jar with. Your fillers are rocks, pebbles and sand. These fillers are your various relationships, roles, activities, responsibilities, activities, etc.
Your "rocks" represent your most significant relationships and priorities in life. The things that make your heart sing and complete you at the deepest level. For example, maybe your rocks consist of God, marriage, children, family, intimate friendships, career and pursuits you're passionate about. (Maybe not!)
Your "pebbles" are the secondary relationships. For example, maybe some friends and family that didn't quite make your "rocks" list, as well as career and hobby-related relationships or activities.
Your "sand" is just the 'filler'... nothing personal against the folks or activities that are in your sand category! Your life could very easily be fulfilling, perhaps much more fulfilling and rewarding, without those relationships and activities, that's all. These could be relationships or activities that don't do much to inspire you or enrich your life or the life of your "rocks". They're not necessarily bad or negative, in fact, they might be kinda' fun! They just don't light your fire the same way your rocks do!
Now visualize how you would go about filling up your jar. If you put all the sand in first, will you have room later to add all the rocks? Probably not.
Obviously, the lesson goes like this... fill your jar with your rocks first. Next, add your pebbles... they'll fit in nicely around your rocks. Finally, add your sand... it fills in all the gaps and makes your jar 'complete' (not to mention that it has a nice "beach" feel now!).
Do you have too much sand left over to add to your jar?
Maybe it was sand that didn't quite fit comfortably in your life in the first place. Perhaps it's some of the time-wasting or self-destructive habits or hobbies you've become accustomed to. Possibly, it's stressful or unhealthy relationships. Maybe it's just something you've outgrown as you've evolved. Could be anything.
If there's no room for it after your rocks and pebbles, throw it back onto the beach!
Until next time, Be Well, Be Happy and Smile!
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