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 TV too much, 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 prejudice; 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 character; 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 days of quick
trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one- night stands,
overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to
kill. It is a time where there is much in the show window and nothing
in the stockroom.
Indeed it's all true.