WHAT AN AGE WE ARE IN
WE HAVE TALLER BULDINGS BUT SHOTER TEMPLES, WIDER FREEWAYS BUT NARROW VIEWPOINTS, WE SPEND MORE BUT SAVE LESS, WE BUY MORE BUT ENJOY LESS.
WE HAVE BIGGER HOUSES BUT SMALLER FAMILIES, MORE CONVENIENCES BUT LESS TIME, WE HAVE MORE DEGREES BUT LESS COMMON SENSE, WE HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE BUT LESS JUDGEMENT, MORE MEDICINES BUT LESS WELL BEING.
WE SPEND TOO MUCH OF TIME, LAUGH TOO LITTLE, GET ANGRY TOO QUICKLY, STAY UP TOO LATE, SLEEP TOO FAST, READ TOO RARELY, WATCH TOO MUCH OF TV, AND PRAY TOO LITTLE.
WE HAVE MULTIPLED OUR POSSESSIONS BUT REDUCED OUR VALUES; WE TALK TOO MUCH, LOVE TOO SELDOM AND LIE TOO OFTEN.
WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A LIVING BUT NOT A LIFE; WE HAVE ADDED YEARS TO LIFE BUT NOT LIFE TO YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN ALL THE WAY TO MOON AND BACK TO EARTH BUT HAVE TROUBLE CROSSING THE STREETS TO MEET OUR NEIGHBOUR; WE HAVE CONQUERED OUTER SPACE BUT NOT INNER SPACE.
WE HAVE DONE LARGER THINGS, BUT NOT BETTER THINGS; WE WRITE MORE BUT LEARN LESS; PLAN MORE BUT ACCOMPLISH LESS.
WE HAVE LEARNT HOW TO RUSH BUT NOT TO WAIT, WE HAVE HIGHER INCOMES BUT LOWER MORAL VALUES, MORE FOOD BUT LESS APPETITE; MORE ACCQUAINTANCES BUT FEWER FRIENDS.
THEAE ARE THE TIMES OF FAST FOOD AND SLOW DIGESTION; TALL MEN AND SHORT CHARACTER; STEEP PROFITS AND SHALLOW RELATIONSHIPS.
THESE ARE THE TIMES OF WORLD PEACE BUT DOMESTIC WARFARE.
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