Guest guest Report post Posted August 3, 1999 --------------- cc:Mail Forwarded --------------- S Lakshmanan 08/03/99 08:18 AM Govinda Murali GP Jegannathan Victor Lawrence Kamatchi Bala RP Jishnu Sunil Sudhakar Anindya Chatterjee Sagar Gururaj Sevarcodiyan FW: It's true --------------- cc:Mail Forwarded --------------- " Nallappan Senthil Kumar " <senthil_n AT INTERNET 08/02/99 06:51 AM K Brathaban AT FWIPL S Lakshmanan AT FWIPL " 'G SHANMUGA RAJA' " <gsrSNL AT INTERNET " 'KPM' " <kmurali AT INTERNET FW: It's true _____________________________ Forward Header FW: It's true Author: " Nallappan Senthil Kumar " <senthil_n at INTERNET 8/2/99 6:51 AM > 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 more problems; > More medicine, but less wellness. > > We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast; > 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 lie 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 have higher incomes, but lower morals; > More food but less appeasement; > More acquaintances, but fewer friends; > More effort but less success. > > We build more computers to hold more information, to produce > more copies than ever, but have less communication; > > We've become long on quantity, but short on quality. > > 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 and 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, 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. > > Indeed it's all true. Think about it.. send it on > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
