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Paradox of
Our Times
Today
we have bigger houses and smaller families.
More convenience, but less time.
We
have more degrees, but less common sense.
More knowledge, but less judgment.
We
have more experts, but more problems.
More medicines, but less wellness.
We
spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too
fast.
Get angry too quickly, stay up too late, read too
little.
Watch TV too much and
pray too seldom.
We
multiplied our possessions, but reduce our values.
We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We’ve
learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We’ve added years to our life, not life to our years.
We
have taller building, but shorter tempers.
Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We
spend more, but have less.
We buy more, enjoy it less.
We’ve
been all the way to the moon and back,
But have trouble crossing the street to meet our
neighbors.
We’ve
conquered outer space, but not inner space.
We’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We
write more, learn less…plan more, but accomplish
less.
We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait.
We have higher incomes,
but lower morals.
We
build more computers to hold more information to
produce more copies,
But have less communications.
We are
long on quantity, but less in quality.
These are the time of fast foods and slow digestion.
Tall men and short
character.
More
leisure and less fun – more kinds of foods,
But less nutrition.
Two
incomes…but more divorce.
Fancier houses…but broken homes.
That’s
why I propose that as of today,
You do not keep anything for a special occasion;
Because every day you
live is a special occasion.
Search
for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch
and
Admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
Spend
more time with your family and friends, eat your
favorite foods
And visit the places you love.
Life
is a chain of moments of enjoyments, not only
about survival.
Use your crystal goblets.
Don’t save your best
perfume…use it every time you feel your want it.
Remove
from your vocabulary phrases like “one of these
days” and “someday”.
Write that letter you thought of writing.
Tell your family and
friends how much you love them.
Do
anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.
Every day, every hour, and every minute is special.
Plus you don’t know if it
will be your last. |
