Modern day living

I'd don't normally follow the trend of forwarding or posting stuff, but this makes a lot of sense.
Food for thought in a starving world.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings butshorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses andsmaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degreesbut less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet moreproblems, 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 toolittle, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied ourpossessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, andhate too often.We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years tolife not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, buthave trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outerspace 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, butaccomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build morecomputers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but wecommunicate less and less.These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and smallcharacter, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days oftwo incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These aredays of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one nightstands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, toquiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window andnothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter toyou, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to justhit delete.Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not goingto be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up toyou in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave yourside. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that isthe only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Passing

That lady passed away a few days ago, I hope she at last has the peace and serenity that she deserves.