Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,
but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view.
We spend more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses, but smaller houses.
We have more compromises, but less time.
We have more knowledge, but less judgment.
We have more medicines, but less health.
We have multiplied our possessions
but reduced our values.
We talk much,
we love only a little,
and we hate too much.
We reached the Moon and came back,
but we find it troublesome
to cross our own street to meet our neighbors.
We have conquered the outer space,
but not our inner space.
We have higher income, but fewer morals.
These are times with more liberty, but less joy.
We have much more food, but less nutrition.
These are the days
in which it takes two salaries,
but divorces increase.
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.
THAT�S WHY I PROPOSE, THAT AS OF TODAY,
You do not keep anything for a special occasion,
because every day that you live
is a special occasion.
Search for knowledge, read more,
sit on your front porch and admire the view
without paying attention to your needs.
Spend more time with your family and friends,
eat your favorite foods,
and visit the places you love.
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;
not only about survival.
Use your crystal goblets.
Do not save your best perfume,
and use it every time you feel you want it.
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like
�one of these days� and �some day�.
Let�s write that letter we thought of writing
�one of these days�.
Let�s tell our families and friends
how much we love them.
Do not delay anything
that adds laughter and joy to your life.
