Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Something to ponder....

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE SENT THIS TO ME IN AN E-MAIL TODAY. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT FELT UP TO BLOGGIONG LATELY. QUITE HONESTLY I HAVE HAD LITTLE NICE TO SAY SO RATHER THAN OFFEND I HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE A BREAK. THIS HOWEVER, IS WORTH READING!!!
I WILL BE BACK IN BLOGVILLE SOON....I HOPE, WHEN I HAVE A PEACEFUL HEART AND SOMETHING NICE TO SAY.....UNTIL THEN THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

What a difference a sad event in someone's life makes. GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died...) Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.
A Message by George Carlin: 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 stock room. 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...

1 comment:

Truders said...

I have missed you. Know that I have been praying for you.....