| This is the sequel to the first of my "Film Within Films" which can be found at www.youtube.com The Paradox of our time: The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers Wider motorways, 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 judgement More experts, yet more problems More medicine, but less wellness We drink to much, smoke to much, spend to recklessly, laugh to little, drive to fast, get to angry, stay up to late, get up to tired, read to little, watch TV to much, and pray to seldom We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values We talk to much, love to little, and hate to 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 bigger 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 ... |
