The Paradox of OUR LIVES...

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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 we 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 judgement; MORE experts, but MORE problems; MORE medicine, but LESS wellness.

We have MULTIPLIED our posessions, but REDUCED our values. We talk TOO MUCH, we love to SELDOM, and hate TOO OFTEN. We learned HOW TO MAKE a living, BUT NOT A life; have ADDED years to life, NOT life to years; we have HIGHER incomes, but LOWER morals; we have become LONG on quantity, but SHORT on quality.

We have been all the way TO THE MOON and BACK, but have TROUBLE CROSSING the STREET to meet the new neighbour. We HAVE CONQUERED outer space, BUT NOT inner space; we have CLEANED up the air but POLLUTED the soul; we HAVE SPLIT the atom BUT NOT our prejudice.

These are the times of 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 LESSER nutrition.

These are the days of TWO incomes, but MORE divorce; of FANCIER houses but BROKEN homes.

It is a time when THERES IS MUCH in the show window and NOTHING in the stockroom; a time when a well-wisher can bring this message to you and you choose either to SPREAD this message and MAKE a DIFFERENCE or be PASSIVE and KEEP this to YOURSELF.

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Original Source : Unknown
Original Author : Unknown
Contributed By : Dr. A T Kaji