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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 enjoy less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences,
but less time.

We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less
judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but
less wellness.


We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh
too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too
tired, read too little, 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 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 a new neighbor.


We 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 conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less.

We plan more, but accomplish less.

We\'ve learned to rush, but not to wait.

We build more computers to hold more information, to produce
more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and
small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.

These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, 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.