The paradox of our time in history is that
we
have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider
freeways, 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 degrees, but less
sense;
more knowledge, but less judgment; 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
our values. We talk 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 to
meet
the new
neighbor. 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.
We've split the atom,
but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less. We plan more,
but accomplish
less. We've learned to
rush,
but not to wait.
We build more computers
to
hold more information
to produce more
copies than ever, but have less
communication.
These are the times of fast foods and slow
digestion;
tall men, and short character;
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 incomes, but more
divorce;
of fancier houses, but broken
homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable
diapers,
throw-away morality, one-night
stands, overweight
bodies, and pills that
do
everything 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 message to
you, and a time when you can choose either to
share this
insight, or to just hit
delete....