tongue tied

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've bigger houses &smaller families. more conveniences but less time.
we've more degrees but less sense. more knowledge but less judgement.
more experts but more problems. more medicine but less wellness.

we drink 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 little, watch TV too much &pray too seldom. we talk too much, love too seldom &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 &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've higher incomes but lower morals.

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 days of two incomes but more divorce. fancier houses but broken homes.

these are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, overweight bodies &pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. where are we heading?