[Faith-talk] {Spam?} Paradox In Time

[Paul Smith]

The contribution I'm about to lay on you is from a collection called 
"Reflective Moments" and will be used on my radio show on the Radio 
Reading Network of Maryland.  It in no way reflects on the undersigned, 
the various email lists that receive my posts or even individuals, but 
reflects on our wider modern society, in my opinion.  Read on, and 
you'll see what I mean.

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 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, yet 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, 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 a new neighbor.  We 
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 conquered 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 
build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies 
than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small 
character, steep profits and shallow relationships.  These are the days 
of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throway 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 
showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not 
going to be around forever.  Remember, say a kind word to someone who 
looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up 
and leave your side.  Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to 
you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and 
it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember to say "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but 
most of all mean it.  A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it 
comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment, for someday that person 
will not be there again.  Give time to love, give time to speak, and 
give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.  Life is not 
measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take 
our breath away.

Well, there's nothing more I can add to the foregoing, except that I 
agree 100% with what he/she wrote, and I hope you do also.

And that will do for today.  In addition to tomorrow's contribution 
will post how you can hear my radio show on Friday on the Web, so you 
hopefully will be able to hear our little station on Friday or even 
earlier, if only to determine your ability to hear the program.

Until tomorrow may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us 
safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in which we 
live.  Your Christian friend and brother, Paul