It’s going to be a long weekend ahead considering its Holy week. These are days when you see the wheels of life grinding slowly over a lengthy time off from work, a better time to reflect on the deeper meaning of our lives.  

While some of us go to beaches, mountains, and other paradise-like resorts to relax and unwind, it’s also best to take the time to go to one of the places we often fail to visit, and that’s the quiet place within us.

Here’s something to ponder on…

The Paradox of Our New Millennium

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers,
wider freeways, but narrower view points.
We spend more, but have less.
We buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses, but smaller families,
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less common sense,
more knowledge, but less judgment,
more experts, but more problems,
more medicine, but less wellness.

We spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get angry too quickly,
stay up too late, get 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 had learned how to make a living,
but not a life.
We have 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 have conquered outer space,
but not inner space.
We have done larger things,
but not better things.
We have cleaned up the air,
but polluted the soul.
We have split the atom, but not our prejudice.

We have learned to rush, but not to wait.
We have higher incomes, but lower morals.
We have more acquaintances, but fewer friends.

We build computers to hold more information
to produce more copies than ever,
but we have less communications.
We have become 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.
These are the times of world peace
but domestic warfare,
more leisure, but less fun,
more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

There are the days of two incomes,
but more divorces,
of fancier homes, but broken homes.
These are the 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 show window,
and nothing in the stock room.
It is a time when we know the price of everything,
and the value of nothing.

It is a time when technology can
bring the message of this book to you,
and a time when you can choose
either to make a difference
or just throw it to the wind.

If you know the author of this, please inform me so I can acknowledge accordingly. I’ll be back on Saturday. Ciao!