life as it is..

We have taller buildings
but shorter tempers,

wider freeways ,
but narrower viewpoints.

We spend more,
but have 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 sense.

more knowledge,
but less judgment.

more experts,
yet more problems.

more medicine,
but less wellness.

We drink too much,
smoke too much,
spend too recklessly,
laugh too little,
drive too fast,
get too angry,
stay up too late,
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 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 a new neighbor.

We 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.

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.


ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by
..the number of breaths we take,
BUT by the moments
that take our breath away.



- George Carlin -