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
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
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.
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
have less communication.
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, 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.
These
are 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
A
time when technology can bring this letter to you,
and
a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit
delete.