by Steven Bancarz
December 22, 2014
from
SpiritScienceAndMetaphysics Website
The following is
an excerpt of "The Paradox of
Our Age,"
from
Words Aptly Spoken,
by
Bob Moorehead
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, yet less time; we have more
degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgment; more
experts, yet more problems; we have more gadgets but less
satisfaction; more medicine, yet less wellness; we take more
vitamins but see fewer results.
We drink too much; smoke too much; spend too recklessly; laugh
too little; drive too fast; get too angry 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
fly in faster planes to arrive there quicker, to do less and
return sooner; we sign more contracts only to realize fewer
profits; we talk too much; love too seldom and lie 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; plan more, but accomplish less;
we make faster planes, but longer lines; we learned to rush, but
not to wait; we have more weapons, but less peace; higher
incomes, but lower morals; more parties, but less fun; more
food, but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer
friends; more effort, but less success.
We build more computers to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication;
drive smaller cars that have bigger problems; build larger
factories that produce less.
We’ve become long on quantity, but short on
quality.
These are the times of fast foods and slow
digestion; tall men, but short character; steep in profits, but
shallow relationships.
These are times of world peace, but domestic
warfare; more leisure and less fun; higher postage, but slower
mail; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorces;
these are times of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, cartridge
living, throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies
and pills that do everything from cheer, to prevent, quiet or
kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and
nothing in the stock room.
Indeed, these are the times!
Change starts with each person being individually responsible
for their actions and behavior. What kind of world are we voting
for with the way we choose to live our life?
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