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.
Paradox 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 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.
Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are
not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to
someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon
will grow up and leave your side. Remember to give a warm hug to
the one next to you because that is the only treasure you can give
with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I
love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean
it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep
inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for
someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love,
give time to speak and give time to share the precious thoughts in
your mind.
My Name!
Once
when the lawn was a golden green and the marbled moonlit trees rose
like fresh memorials in the scented air, and the whole countryside
pulsed with the chirr and murmur of insects, I lay in the grass,
feeling the great distances open above me, and wondered what I
would become and where I would find myself, and though I barely
existed, I felt for an instant that the vast star-clustered sky was
mine, and I heard my name as if for the first time, heard it the
way one hears the wind or the rain, but faint and far off as though
it belonged not to me but to the silence from which it had come and
to which it would go.
miles between
us
There's
a sea between us, love, and I wish that it weren't true, for every
day when I awake, I yearn to be with you. There are many miles
between us, love, though you're always here in my heart, and every
night, beneath the silver starlight, I pray for the day we'll never
part.
Thought About
You...
All day
long, I thought about you. Even when I tried not to think about
you, I thought about you. When I closed my eyes, I thought about
you. When I opened my eyes, I thought about you. When I thought
about the beauty of the season, I thought about you. When I thought
about the warmth of the upcoming holidays, I thought about you.
When I heard a love song on the radio, I thought about you. When I
checked my email, I thought about you. Even when I said goodnight
to the stars, I thought about you. And when I slipped beneath the
softness of my blanket and gave in to the bliss of sweet dreams, I
thought about you. I just can't stop thinking about you.
