Walnuts and Rice

...He took one handful of walnuts and one handful of rice
you see my dad he had a funny way of handing out advice
first he poured the rice in this empty candy jar
but when he poured the walnuts in they spilled down to the floor...

He said, "the walnuts are like the people you love your mom, your brother and me and the rice is all the things in life that we all think we need
how we fill this empty jar is how we live our lives...first things first, there's room for both walnuts and rice"

Well i looked at him all confused and he looked at me all content
as the smile grew across his face i asked him what he meant
then he emptied out that jar but before he put it back
this time he poured the nuts in first and the rice filled in the cracks
First things first there's room for both walnuts and rice

//Kevin Briody