The paradox of our age

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,
Laugh too little,
Drive too fast,
Get too angry too quickly,
Stay up too late,
Get up too tired,
Read too seldom,
Watch too much TV,
And pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values,
We talk too much, love too seldom and lie 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 neighbor.
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 prejudices;
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.
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 characters;
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 the days of two incomes, but more divorce;
Of fancier houses but broken homes.

These are the 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.

Indeed it’s all true.


It’s all about you and me. It’s all about if we want to make the difference or continue to live in paradox. What we need to do is just stop of one moment, feel the silence in your body and mind. Think what really matters in your life, act if you don’t have any obligations, if you don’t care what others will think of you (don’t worry they are too busy thinking of what others thinks of them, so they don’t care about you), make things that makes you happy. Every little thing helps. If you want to see the difference, so be a difference you want to see.