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 common sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more
problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get
too angry too 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 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've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes;
but lower morals; 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; we've become long
on quantity, but short on quality.
These are the time 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 and 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, throwaway
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.
Indeed it's all true. Think about it...read it again.
- courtesy of Mike Snyder