A Columbine student who
experienced
one of the many High School Massacres wrote this:
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 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 cleaned
up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our
prejudice.
We have higher incomes, but lower morals;
we've become long on
quantity , but short on quality.
These are the times of 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. 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 make a
difference...or just hit delete.
