Thought provoking!

From:Lynn Gardner <lynn-gardner@uiowa.edu>

<html> I thought this was very thought provoking and unfortunately very true.<br> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF"> It sorta makes <br> you think.</font><font face="arial" size=1> <br> <br> </font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> A Columbine High <br> School student wrote:</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> The paradox of our <br> time in history is that we have taller buildings, but</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>shorter <br> tempers;  wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend <br> more,</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>but have less; we <br> buy more, but enjoy it less.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> We have bigger <br> houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>time; we have more <br> degrees, but less sense;  more knowledge, but less</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>judgement;  <br> more experts, but less solutions; more medicine, but less</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>wellness.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> We <br> have multiplied <br> our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>much, love too <br> seldom, and hate too often.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> We've learned how <br> to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>life, not life to <br> years.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> We've been all the <br> way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>street to meet the <br> new neighbor.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> We've conquered <br> outer space, but not inner space; we've cleaned up the</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>air, but polluted <br> the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> We have higher <br> incomes, but lower morals; we've become long on quantity,</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>but short on <br> quality.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> These are the <br> times of tall men, and short character; steep profits, and</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>shallow <br> relationships.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> These are the <br> times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure,</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>but less fun; more <br> kinds of food, but less nutrition.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">> These are days of <br> two incomes, but more divorce;  Of fancier houses, but</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>broken homes. It is <br> a time when there is much in the show window and</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>nothing in the <br> stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>you, and a time <br> when you can choose either to forward this message and make</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">>a difference... <br> or <br> just hit delete.</font> <br> <font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">></font> <br> </html>
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