Re: The Paradox
SilverMoon
mfroberg@computerpro.com
Wed Jun 23 04:45:03 1999
Taliesin_2 wrote,*br*: The Paradox*br*:*br*: The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller *br*: buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower *br*: viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but *br*: enjoy it less.*br*:*br*: We have bigger houses and smaller families; more *br*: conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less *br*: sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but *br*: more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.  *br*:*br*: We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. *br*: We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We *br*: learned how to make a living, but not a life; We've added *br*: years to life, not life to years.  *br*:*br*: We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have *br*: trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.  *p**p**br*This is a true thought and aids in making you look at how you live your life. At the same time this is a hail to cynism. We are leaving the 80's and the 90's mode of thought behind us and its trade markers of wanton selfishness are beginning to pass. If you keep looking for the negative, you will only find the negative. If you are only looking at the positive you are only looking at half the issue. If there is one true lesson in the world that I have learned, it is this. All life is about balance. The good things come and the good things pass and the same is true of the bad. It is how we let it affect our lives that is important and how we take things to heart. And to let this idea just sit without a responce would have seemed to much like agreeing to the cynic's point of view.*p*But like I said, it is a good thought on how to look at life and balance the gains with the losses and maybe work to attain some of what mankind has traded away in its rush to meet the future. *p*Thank you for the thought.*br*Taberesita SilverMoon*br*:*br*: We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've *br*: cleaned *br*: up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but *br*: not our *br*: prejudice; we have higher incomes, but lower morals; we've *br*: become long on quantity, but short on quality.  *br*:*br*: These are the times of tall men, and short character; steep *br*: profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of *br*: world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less *br*: fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.  *br*:*br*: These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of *br*: fancier houses, but broken homes. It is a time when there is *br*: much in the *br*: show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when *br*: technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you *br*: can choose either to make a difference or just hit delete. *br*:*br*: - --Author Unknown*br*
The Paradox
Taliesin_2
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Sat May 22 23:34:49 1999