Paradox

The paradox of our time in history, is that 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 more degrees, but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement. We drink to much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, and drive too fast. Get too angry, stay up too late, wake up tired, read too little, watch TV too much. 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, but life to years. We conquer 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 & small character, steep profits & shallow relationships. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, & 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.