Our Time in History

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 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 less solutions; more medicine, but less wellness. 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 cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've split the atom, but not our prejudice. We have higher incomes, but lower morals. We've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of 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. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom.
(Source: eMedinews, November 4, 2014)

In the area of eye-care, too, we go from one place to the other, comparing notes of different eye doctors...and in the process giving the eye problem unnecessary time to flare up.

Don't we need to take a lesson! more  

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A person who says good things to others is himself good at heart...thanks for your kind words. more  
YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING ABOVE TO THE HUMAN LEVEL OF THINKING. SMALL PERSON LIKE ME KEEEP LEARNING FROM THE GREAT EXPERIENCED PERSONALITIES AVAILBLE LIKE YOU WITH RICH EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. more  
Your liking of my posts encourages me to go on! more  
N K SAHIB---You have touched the live wire of our day to day geniune difficulties and problems made to face in one way or the other. Malhotra Je- I join with you for a hope to see good time of Joint Families will emerge again. Above all, we need to have Trouble Free EYES to identify the DUST AND RUST applied on the relations over the period more  
Thanks to all of you for your encouraging comments. more  
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