paradox of our life.

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; 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.

It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.


Moorehead, B. 1995, "The paradox of our life", taken from http://www.trans4mind.com/counterpoint/moorehead.shtml. 

(maap, referencing ngawur -->> refer to Wendy Referencing bukan harvard maupun chicago)