Wednesday,Aug 23 2006, 01:44:03 AMPARADOX OF OUR TIMES

TODAY WE HAVE BIGGER HOUSES BUT SMALLER FAMILIES,MORE CONVENIENCES BUT LESS TIME...MORE ACADEMIC DEGREES BUT LESS COMMON SENSE,MORE KNOWLEDGE BUT LESS ABILITY 4 JUDGMENT...WE HAVE MORE EXPERTS BUT MORE PROBLEMS...WE SPEND 2 RECKLESSLY,LAUGH 2 LITTLE,DRIVE 2 FAST,GET ANGRY 2 QUICKLY,STAY UP 2 LATE,GET UP 2 TIRED,READ 2 LITTLE,WATCH TV 2 OFTEN,PRAY 2 SELDOM,LUV 2 LITTLE,AND LIE 2 OFTEN.....WE HAVE MULTIPLIED OUR POSSESSIONS BUT REDUCED OUR VALUES...WE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A LIVING BUT NOT A LIFE...WE ADDED YEARS TO OUR LIFE NOT LIFE TO OUR YEARS...WE HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS BUT SHORTER TEMPERS,WIDER FREEWAYS BUT NARROWER VIEWPOINTS...WE SPEND MORE BUT OWN LESS,BUY MORE BUT ENJOY WHAT WE BUY LESS...WE HAVE BEEN ALL THE WAY TO THE MOON AND BACK,BUT WE HAVE TROUBLE CROSSING THE STREET TO MEET OUR NEW NEIGHBOUR...WE CONQUORED OUTERSPACE BUT NOT OUR INNERSPACE...WE SPLIT THE ATOM BUT WE DID NOT DEFEAT OUR PREJEDICE...WE WRITE MORE BUT LEARN LESS,PLAN MORE BUT ACCOMPLISH LESS...WE HAVE LEARNED TO RUSH BUT NOT TO WAIT ...WE HAVE HIGHER INCOMES BUT LOWER MORALS...WE BUILD MORE COMPUTERS TO HOLD MORE INFORMATION AND TO PRODUCE MORE COPIES,BUT WE HAVE LESS COMMUNICATION AMONG US,WE ARE LONG ON QUANTITY BUT SHORT ON QUALITY...THESE ARE THE DAYS OF FAST FOOD AND SLOW DIGESTION,TALL MEN BUT SHORT CHARACTERS,STEEP PROFITS BUT SHALLOW RELATIONS...WE HAVE MORE LEISURE BUT LESS FUN,MORE KINDS OF FOOD BUT LESS NUTRITION,MORE MEDICINE BUT LESS WELLNESS...WE HAVE 2 INCOMES BUT MORE DIVORCE,AND MORE FANCIER HOUSES BUT MORE BROKEN HOMES...THESE ARE THE CONTRADICTIONS OF OUR TIMES TO THINK ABOUT...

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