Just because we all need the reminder...

christabelll

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And you can shoot me later :)



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 bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet 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, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, 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 a new neighbor. We 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 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. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, 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 when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when yo u can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.


:rose: :rose: :rose:
Hugs all the way around...
 
I'd add one:

No matter how angry you are, if you or your partner leaves the house, tell them you love them. It may be the last time you see them, and you don't want your anger to be all that you have left of them.
 
christabelll said:
And you can shoot me later :)



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 bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet 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, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, 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 a new neighbor. We 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 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. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, 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 when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when yo u can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.


:rose: :rose: :rose:
Hugs all the way around...
There is little paradox, here. In effect, I read and am younger and live longer because I enjoy more and worry less about what America thinks.
 
christabelll said:
And you can shoot me later :)



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 bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet 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, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, 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 a new neighbor. We 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 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. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, 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 when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when yo u can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.


:rose: :rose: :rose:
Hugs all the way around...

Shoot you later? Not on a bet.

People who know me wonder why I live my life the way I do. People who know me in passing wonder why I do the things I do. (Which includes my now buying a bike.)

I live, I love. I have regrets, and yet were I to die tomorrow I would go without that feeling of "If only I had".

I refuse to be limited by what society thinks I should be doing. I live by my rules and have fun.

Cat
 
Nice. Albeit a little dystopian. It's a matters of perspectives I guess.

I look around me and see that today, we as humans are freer than ever, more empowered than ever, more equal than ever, more capable of understanding our fellow man, more inclined and enabled to reach out and be a part of the world, more knowing, more socially progressive, more artistically creative, more dynamic, more (or at least not less) compassionate and more open to new ideas, different cultures and different people than just two decades ago.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Fuckin' A.
 
LIAR

I think its worse than it was a century ago. When I examine the old newspapers and books of the 19th Century, I'm certain of it.
 
cloudy said:
I'd add one:

No matter how angry you are, if you or your partner leaves the house, tell them you love them. It may be the last time you see them, and you don't want your anger to be all that you have left of them.

Not just your partner...but all those you love......
 
Also when you go to sleep, one of you may not get up again.

Liar I wouldn't say we are all equal, the people who do the things that they get paid the most for doing have everything and not enough time to use them. :rolleyes:
 
JAMESBJOHNSON said:
LIAR

I think its worse than it was a century ago. When I examine the old newspapers and books of the 19th Century, I'm certain of it.
Women, blacks, jews, homosexuals, dyslectics, the generally poor, and left handed people would politely like to disagree.
emap said:
Liar I wouldn't say we are all equal, the people who do the things that they get paid the most for doing have everything and not enough time to use them. :rolleyes:
No not equal. never said that. More equal than ever before, is what I said. We still have ways to go.
 
I think that's what Jimmy Bob meant, Liar. Back then, people knew their place. And those that got uppity paid for it. So things were much simpler. And people like Jimmy Bob were on top.
 
rgraham666 said:
I think that's what Jimmy Bob meant, Liar. Back then, people knew their place. And those that got uppity paid for it. So things were much simpler. And people like Jimmy Bob were on top.

Why do you hate freedom?

;)
 
LIAR

I think youre coloring the past with today's conventional wisdom.

For instance...if I post the directions for making nitroglycerin or gunpowder or steam-bombs a lot of people will be outraged. Yet I can show you the 19th Century periodicals this information is published in. People purchased any and every form of poison, drug, and explosive chemical with no restraints. A child of almost any age could go to college if they passed the entrance exam. Children enlisted in the military...and worked.

People were expected to be responsible and self-sufficient. It's only been since about 1968 that America has industrialized problems and victims.
 
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