Hi folks,
I just wanted to say that I did NOT, could NOT, have written the "State of the
Union - Something to ponder ... " posting I sent a few days ago. There was too
much wisdom in there to fit in my head. It just happened that my e-mail
program didn't work just right, creating the impression that I wrote the
posting. Again, I did not, and was only forwarding it from Gambia-L. Have a
great evening.
Katim
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> From: Katim S. Touray <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: State of the Union - Something to ponder...
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 11:05 PM
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I thought you might enjoy, even be inspired by, this.
>
> Have a great week!
>
> Katim
>
> "Something to ponder...
>
>
> 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 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 too quickly, 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 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; we have more food, but less appeasement; 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, 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.
>
> These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away
> 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 show 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 make a difference, or to just
> hit delete..."
>
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