I attended the Young Jains Big Rocks session yesterday. It was a great planning session for the organisation, and I was glad to be a part of it.

More importantly, I really liked the analogy used behind the event, and behind the way the whole organisation works and how it relates back to one’s life.

Imagine your life as a big jar. Is it better to fill the jar with big rocks or small pebbles first? Of course, the answer is to fill it with big rocks first.

The idea is that the big rocks are the most important stones in your life. For example, in my life I can find four big rocks.  Music, Relationships, Business and Spirituality (in no particular order).

Once the big rocks are filled, then only do you begin filling the jar (or your life) with other smaller pebbles, small things that are not as important as the big things but help form and gel your life together. Then you can of course add the much smaller things (the sand and the water) to fill your life (the jar).

Stop for a moment and just think about the big rocks in your life. It’s important you remember to think about the big rocks first, before going onto the small pebbles. Why? Because if you start with the pebbles, sand and water, you’ll never fit the big rocks in.

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