Through this the professor wanted his students to recognize that this jar ( 6 ) __________ our life. The rocks are the important things in our life, like our family, our health...things that would still ( 7 ) _________ even if everything else were lost, and our life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that ( 8 ) _________ — like our job or our house. The sand is the ( 9 ) __________ in our life. If we put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. So he told his students to set their priorities and pay attention to things that are ( 10 ) _________ to their happiness: their family, their health... The else is just sand.