We call it Progress???

[Guest guest]

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 house, but smaller families;

more convenience, but less time

We have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgment

We have more experts, but more problem;

more medicines, but less will being

 

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values

We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often

We have added years to life, not life to years

We have been all the way to Moon and back,

but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

 

We have cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul

We have split the atom, but not the prejudice

We have higher income but lower morals

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality

 

These are the times of tall men and short character;

of steep profit, and shallow relationship

These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare;

more leisure but less fun;more kinds of food, but with less nutrition

 

These are the days of two incomes, but more divorces;

of fancier houses, but broken homes

It is a time when there is much in the show window,

and nothing in the stock room.

 

 

 

M.J.John

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