THE WAY OF LIFE
We drink too much, smoke too much, 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've conquered outer space, but not inner space.
These are the times of fast food, 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, but less fun; more kinds of
food, but less nutrition. These are the days of two incomes, but more
divorce; fancier houses, but broken homes. These are the days of quick
trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight
bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.
It is time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the
stockroom.
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 enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less sense.
We have more knowledge, but less judgment.
We have more experts, but more problems.
We have more medicine, but less well-ness.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate 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 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.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We build more computers to hold information to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication.