What Do We Really Have
Today we have
higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter
temperaments and narrower points of view.
We spend more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses,
but smaller families. We have more compromises, but less
time. We have more knowledge, but less judgment. We have
more medicines, but less health.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our
values. We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate
too much.
We reached the moon and came back, but we find it
troublesome to cross our own street and meet our
neighbors. We have conquered the outer space, but not
our inner space.
We have higher income, but less morals… These are times
with more liberty, but less joy… With much more food,
but less nutrition…
These are days in which two salaries come home, but
divorces increase. These are times of finer houses, but
more broken homes.
That’s why I propose that as of today -- You do not keep
anything for a special occasion, because every day that
you live is a special occasion. Search for knowledge,
read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view
without paying attention to the needs. Pass more time
with your family, eat your favorite food, visit the
place you love. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;
it isn’t only survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume…
use it every time you feel you want it. Take out from
your vocabulary phrases like, “one of these days” and
“someday”. Let’s write that letter we thought of writing
“one of these days…”
Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love
them. Never pass up a chance at adding laughter and joy
to your life. Every day, hour, and minute are special…
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