Some stuff i picked up …
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; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get 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 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 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; we plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals; we have more food, but less appeasement; 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 times 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, but 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, throw away 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; a time when technology has brought this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit “Skip Ahead”…
By Dr. Bob Moorehead
Interesting piece of literature from Bob. The advancement of knowledge and power to reach goals have made the process more important than the goal itself. A king had 2 sons … 1 went down to the city to see how life is out there. He ended up living in the city, built himself a hut and leading a group of robbers. The king then sent his second son to look for his brother. Instead of responding to his brother, the elder son cursed him and asked him to leave. Its pretty typical of people to lose focus then end up doing something else and enjoying it. The foundation that the goal was built upon wasn’t strong enough and was easily deviated.
Also from Bob I learn that power can be used for good and evil. A wise Indian sage once told me a story about 2 dogs. A black one and a white one. At noon everyday, they would be led into a ring and they would fight with each other for 1 hr. So I asked the sage, who emerged as the winner? And he said … The one you feed more. Astounding!!!
