Thoughts to live by

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:48:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: hemang
Subject: thoughts to live by
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Thoughts to live by

"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 less.

"We have bigger houses but smaller families, more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees but less common sense; more knowledge, more experts, yet more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.

"We drink too much, smoke too much, eat too much, spend too recklessy, laugh too little, drive too fast, stay up too late, read too little, watch too much TV 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 we have trouble crossing the street and meeting a 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 conquered the atom but not our prejudice. We write more but learn 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 we communicate with each other less and less.

"These are times of fast food but slow digestion, big men and women but small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses but more broken homes. We have pills to provide quick fixes, to cheer, to quiet, even to kill.

"It is a time when there is much in the showroom window but nothing in our inner stockroom. It's a time when technology can deliver a message like this, and you can decide whether to share these insights or delete them from your sight."