A Columbine student who experienced one of the many High School
Massacres wrote:
"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 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 neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've cleaned up the
air,
but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice. We
have
higher incomes, but lower morals; we've become long on quantity, but
short
on quality.
These are the times of tall men, and short character; steep profits, and
shallow relation-ships. 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. It is a time when there is much in the show window and
nothing
in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you,
and a
time when you can choose either to make a difference... or just hit
"delete." Pass it on..
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