I've gotten the following from a half dozen folks.  I know that I need to share it with all of you.  There is a great lesson in this piece.  Thanks to all who have forwarded it.

Some food for thought.....
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of  business students and, to drive home a point, he used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said,"Okay, time for a quiz."
Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide mouth mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.
Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"  By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered  "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand * He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"
"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"
One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll  never get them in at all."
What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones? your faith, your education, your dreams? A worthy cause? Teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all.
So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
Tuesday 2/8//00 @9:00 AM
Tuesday Newbies (second session of six sessions)
This class is full.  Registration is available for the  next Tuesday Newbie class scheduled to begin March 14, 2000.  The class size is limited to ten participants.  Interested participants should preregister.  This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet.   Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques, drag and drop, copy/cut and paste and very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web.  Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this class.
It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers.

Wednesday 2/3/00 @9:00 AM
Wednesday group of Senior Net Learners: There is no set agenda for this Wednesday.  So, come with questions or
something to share.  Please suggest topics for future sessions.  New participants are welcome anytime.  It is not necessary for
attendees to have their own computers.  Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this session.
Are you gathering info for your web pages?  Basic computer knowledge and basic computer skills are necessary.

Wednesday 2/3/00 @ 1:00 PM
Wednesday Newbies (fifth  session of six sessions)
There will be no new students entered to this session.  The next Wednesday Newbies course will start February 23, 2000.
The class size is limited to ten participants.  Interested participants should preregister for the next class.  This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet.   Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques, drag and drop, copy/cut and paste and very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web. Bianca Barbaro will provide the leadership for this class.
It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers.
 

Thursday 2/10/00 @ 9:00 AM
Thursday group of Senior Net Learners:  There is no set agenda for this Thursday.  So, come with questions or something to
share.  Please suggest topics for future sessions.  New participants are welcome anytime.  It is not necessary for attendees to
have their own computers.  Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this session.
Are you gathering info for your web pages?  Basic computer knowledge and basic computer skills are necessary.

INTERESTING SITES:
The first two sites were promised from the Wednesday and Thursday sessions.

Suggestions for your signature files.  We had a good time playing with signature files Wednesday and Thursday.  Don't forget they have to be saved as something.txt  Thanks Peg Masden for the URL.
http://www.coolsig.com/

This site has some neat graphics and sound plus a good story or two or more.  Thanks  John Laubscher for the URL.
http://www.angelletter.com/

Many radio shows now broadcast their mutterings through the Internet. Naturally, most of those shows are also available for later listening, through download or streaming. The experimental SpeechBot can search for just the radio show you want
using speech recognition of keywords.
http://speechbot.research.compaq.com

Your first Valentine this year.(with sound)  You can send it on to a special friend or family member.
http://www.justsaywow.com/little.htm

Another nice communication.(with sound)
http://www.justsaywow.com/chest.htm

DIDJA  KNOW?:
Is there one spot in our brains where we keep memories?

Of course there is.

As far as I can recall, "yes." Fortunately we don't have to remember where that spot is in order to access it.  If we did, I would have it a lot worse than just constantly misplacing my keys.
It was Dr.Wilder Penfield who discovered in the 1930s that memories are found in one place when he literally touched off
a patient's vivid recollections while operating on her.  Dr. Penfield's patient was conscious because the brain has no nerve endings and often only requires a local anesthetic  for brain surgery. He was electrically probing different parts of her brain to make sure he didn't cut something vital when suddenly she started recalling her past.
The scientific name for the spot he touched sounds like the place where big mammals go to college: the "hippocampus." It's just below your temples, in case you need to jolt your own memory.
(Source: READER'S DIGEST, DID YOU KNOW?)

OTHER FAST FACTS
Although it's only 2% of our body weight, the brain uses 20% of all oxygen we breathe, 20% of the calories we take in, and
15% of the body's blood supply.

Folks who say that the brain accounts for only about 2% of the body's weight should speak for themselves. I know for a fact
that I have a very large brain...that's why so many people call me a "fathead."
(Source: READER DIGEST BOOK OF FACTS)

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
     -- Henry J. Kaiser

There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell  'em.
     -- Louis Armstrong

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
      -- Mae West

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fate and captain of your soul.
      --Attributable to Jawaharlal Nehru

THIS WEEK'S CUTIES: Thanks Roberta Muthler
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM PENNSYLVANIA IF ...
 1.  You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow".

 2.  You say the correct pronunciation LANG-kist-er instead of the mispronounced Lan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.

 3.  You know the only way to make good fastnachts is to cook them in lard.

 4.  You live within 2 miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, candy, ice cream, or that packages turkeys,  beans, or bologna.

 5.  You ask a waitress for "dippy eggs".

 6.  You do things "once", as in "I'll go check in the back room once."

 7.  You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables or crafts on the "honor system".

 8.  You know what REAL pot pie is.

 9.  Your turkey has "filling" not "stuffing", and most certainly not "dressing".

10. You know that chicken corn soup from a fire house is the most nearly perfect food on earth.

11. Your neighbors names are Driebelbis, Stoltzfus, Lebo, Peachey, Yoder or anything else ending in "baugh or ouch".

12. You say things like, "outen the lights", or "I'm calling off  today, they're calling for snow."

13. You've heard of Distelfinks and Hex signs.

14.  Red Beet Eggs makes you list of top 10 favorite foods.

15. You say you're going out to the shed "awhile", instead of for awhile.

16.  You only buy beer and soda by the case.

17.  You think the roads in any other state are smooth.

18.  You know the Penn State Cheer - WE ARE . . PENN STATE.

19. Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you  to the window to see what's going on outside.

20.  You never see any Confederate flags, except on the Gettysburg Battlefield. (and the one in Avis)

21.  You prefer Hershey's chocolate over Godiva chocolate.

22. You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west" and you know the fastest way to Philadelphia is the turnpike.

23.  School closings due to snow take the radio stations an hour and  a half to finish, because just about every town has its own  school district.

24.  When someone says "1972", you think "Agnes", and when someone says "1979", you think "Three Mile Island".

25.  You call Sloppy Joe's "barbecue".

26.  You think medium rare equals well done.

27.  When it snows, they put CINDERS on the road, not sand.

28.  You can give someone directions to INTERCOURSE with a straight face.

Ain't it the truth though?

I hope you enjoyed this communication and can attend one or more of the sessions scheduled for this week.
Mike