I just thought I share this piece I got from a
friend...enjoy.
Abdoulie Jallow.
"Something to
ponder...
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 little, 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 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
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 letter to you, and
a time when you can
choose either to make a difference, or to just
hit
delete..."