Let my mind speak
I found the following print out while clearing a corner of my room today. Just thought I'd share..
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider roads but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences but less time; we have more degree but less sense; more knowledge but less judgement; more experts but more problems; more medicine but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast; get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced out values. We talked too much, love too seldom and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the street or going next door to meet the new neighbour. We've conquered outer space but not inner space; we've done larger things but not better things; we've cleaned up the air but polluted the soul; split the atom but not our prejudices; we write more but learn less' we plan more and accomplish less.
We've learned to rush but not to wait; we have higher incomes but lower morals; we have more food but less appeasement; we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever but have less communication; we've become long on quantity but short on quality. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall people and short characters; steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace but domestic warfare; more leisure but less fun; more kinds of food but less nutrition.
These are days of two income but more divorces; of fancier houses but broken homes. These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, overweight bodies and pill that do anything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this option to you and a time when you choose either to make a difference or simply accept the way things are.
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider roads but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences but less time; we have more degree but less sense; more knowledge but less judgement; more experts but more problems; more medicine but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast; get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced out values. We talked too much, love too seldom and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the street or going next door to meet the new neighbour. We've conquered outer space but not inner space; we've done larger things but not better things; we've cleaned up the air but polluted the soul; split the atom but not our prejudices; we write more but learn less' we plan more and accomplish less.
We've learned to rush but not to wait; we have higher incomes but lower morals; we have more food but less appeasement; we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever but have less communication; we've become long on quantity but short on quality. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall people and short characters; steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace but domestic warfare; more leisure but less fun; more kinds of food but less nutrition.
These are days of two income but more divorces; of fancier houses but broken homes. These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, overweight bodies and pill that do anything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this option to you and a time when you choose either to make a difference or simply accept the way things are.