Fw: Fw: The Paradox of our Time

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

I wasn't going to forward this as it's not really endurance related but it
IS "life" related and I think we can all "relate" to it even if we have a
touch of DIMR.  It just seemed to fit some of the stuff we do discuss on
ridecamp.  Hope you don't mind!!

Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
McBain, Michigan
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske


> > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:14:03 -0400
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> > > The Paradox of our Time - George Carlin
> > > 
> > >  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 seldom, 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 build more computers to hold more information to produce more
> > >  copies than ever, but have less communication. 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 share this
> > >  insight, or to just hit delete.
> > > 
> > >  George Carlin
> > > 
> > > 
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