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23.5.08
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 common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; 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 up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom We have multiplied our possesions, but reduced our values We talk too much, listen so too seldom, love too little and lie too often We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added more years to life, not life to years 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 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 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; plan more, but accomplish less We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes; but lower morals; more food but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer friends; more effort but less success These are the times of fast foods 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 and less fun;more kinds of food, but less nutrition. these are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, oveerweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill It is a time when there is much in the shop window, and nothing in the stockroom Indeed it's all true. think about it. read it again. to think i posted this n3 close to 3 years ago. 3 years later, i still feel the same. sometimes things around me just make me wonder whether our standard of living are improving or dropping? its true that we got bigger cars, better houses, more chimilogy portable game device, more expensive rice now. but does that equal to improved life? wad do u seek for in ur life? money? power? knowledge? wad is the reality? people comment that one should always be realistic, so basically our life is like this endless cycle of earning money, raising children, supporting family, educating children, withdrawing CPF, giving children money so that they can grow up to repeat the same old cycle i had been thru. endless cycle. is there more to life? okay, take away the christian aspect of the video. have u ever wonder how are u going to lead ur life? follow the basic cycle that has being there since the end of ice age? |