A Meaningful And Interesting Paradox I Want My Child To Read

The Paradox Of Our Time In History Is That

We have taller building but shorter tempers,
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoint.
We spend more, but have less,
buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families,
more convenience, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense,
more knowledge, more expert, yet more problems,
more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, ger 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 life.
We've added years to life not life to years.
we've have 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 our soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We're learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion.
Big men and small character.
Steep profit and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two income but more divorce.
Fancier house but broken home.
These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies.
Pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

It's a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
A time when technology allows me to type this paradox into my blog and a time when you can choose either to share this insight or just close and delete this page for good.