slofox
28th October 2011, 15:37
Got this today. Came as a powerpoint but the file size is too big to attach so I've just rendered the text. Made quite a lot of sense to me - in parts anyway. Have a read...
THE PARADOX OF TODAY
Today we have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences but less time.
We have more degrees but less common sense; more knowledge but less judgement.
We have more experts but more problems, more medicine but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly but laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get too tired.
We read too little, watch TV too often and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life but not life to years.
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more but have less – buy more but enjoy it less.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We’ve conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve split the atom but not our prejudice.
We write more but learn less, plan more but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush but not to wait. We have higher incomes but lower morals.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies but have less communication. We are long on quantity but short on quality.
These are the times of fast food and slow digestion; tall men and short character; steep profits and shallow relationships. More leisure and less fun; more kinds of food and less nutrition. Two incomes but more divorces; fancier houses but broken homes.
This is the paradox of our times today.
That’s why I propose that as of today, you do not keep anything for a special occasion because every day that you live is a special occasion.
Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favourite foods and visit the places you love.
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, not only about survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume – use it every time you feel you want it.
Remove from your vocabulary, phrases like “one of these days” and “someday”., Let’s write that letter we thought of writing “one of these days.”
Let’s tell our family and friends how much we love them. Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.
Every day, every hour, every minute is special. And you don’t know if it will be your last.
Herbert K Lau.
THE PARADOX OF TODAY
Today we have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences but less time.
We have more degrees but less common sense; more knowledge but less judgement.
We have more experts but more problems, more medicine but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly but laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get too tired.
We read too little, watch TV too often and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life but not life to years.
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more but have less – buy more but enjoy it less.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We’ve conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve split the atom but not our prejudice.
We write more but learn less, plan more but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush but not to wait. We have higher incomes but lower morals.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies but have less communication. We are long on quantity but short on quality.
These are the times of fast food and slow digestion; tall men and short character; steep profits and shallow relationships. More leisure and less fun; more kinds of food and less nutrition. Two incomes but more divorces; fancier houses but broken homes.
This is the paradox of our times today.
That’s why I propose that as of today, you do not keep anything for a special occasion because every day that you live is a special occasion.
Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favourite foods and visit the places you love.
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, not only about survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume – use it every time you feel you want it.
Remove from your vocabulary, phrases like “one of these days” and “someday”., Let’s write that letter we thought of writing “one of these days.”
Let’s tell our family and friends how much we love them. Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.
Every day, every hour, every minute is special. And you don’t know if it will be your last.
Herbert K Lau.