The Paradox of our Time

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 it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families

More conveniences, but less time

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgment

More experts, but more problems

More medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much

Spend too recklessly, but 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 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 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

We plan more, but accomplish less

We've learned to rush, but not to wait

We have higher incomes, but lower morals

We have more food, but less appeasement

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.

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, but 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, throw away 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 stockroom

A time when technology has brought this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit "Skip Ahead"...

By Dr. Bob Moorehead