It is very much thought-provoking.  Thank you for sending this, Elizabeth:

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth N. Ndonyi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 3:44 PM
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Subject: Fwd: SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT


>Given that we are all in email overload, I rarely forward group
>messages--but I found this one very thought provoking.
>
>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 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 cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;
>We've split the atom, but not our prejudice;
>
>We have higher incomes, but lower morals;  We've become long on
>quantity, but short on quality.
>
>These are the times of 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.
>
>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...
>
>Author Unknown
>