Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,
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.
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… Because you never know if it will be your last…
If you’re too busy to take some minutes to share this message with someone
you love, and you tell yourself that you will share it “one of these days”…
“one of these days” can be very far away, and you may not be there to see
it…
