freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more;
but enjoy less. We bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but
less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less
judgement; 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 lie
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 soil; we’ve split the atom,
but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish
less. We’ve learned to rush, but to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower
morals; more food, but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer friends;
more effort, but less success. We build more computers to hold more
information, to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.
We’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality. These are the times of
fast food, but slow digestion; tall men and short character; steep profits and
shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic
warfare; more leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway 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. Indeed it’s all true.
