THE PARADOX OF OUR TIME

Is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers…..
Wider freeways, but narrower view points,
We spend more but we have less, we buy more, but enjoy less,
We have bigger houses and smaller families.
We have more conveniences, but less time….
We have more degrees, but less sense,
More knowledge, but less judgment …
More experts, yet more problems…
More medicines, but less wellness,
We drink too much, smoke too much and spend too recklessly,
We laugh too little and drive too fast…..
Get too angry, Stay up too late and 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’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 neighbour,
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 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 then 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 hallow relationships,
There are the two incomes, but more divorces,
Fancier houses, but broken homes,
these are days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
Throwaway morality, overweight bodies and
pills that do everything from cheer, to calm and to kill.
It is the time when there is much in the show room window and
nothing in the stockroom.
Remember; spend more time with your loved ones,
because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe.
Because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side,
Remember to say “I Love You” to your partner and your loved ones,
but most of all mean it.
A kiss and embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again, give time to love, give time to speak and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
- Contributed by Dr. John Rodrigues