? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Paradox of Our Times

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Paradox of Our Times
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????????????,????????? Today, we have bigger
houses and smaller families
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?????????????,?????????????  More conveniences,
but less time
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??????????????,?????????? We have more degrees,
but less common sense
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?????,???????More knowledge, but less judgment.
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??????,??????????????,???????? We have more
experts, but more problems more medicine, but
less wellness.
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??????,????,????,We spend too recklessly, laugh
too little, drive too fast,
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????,????,????,get to angry too quickly, stay up
too late, get up too tired,
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????,?????,??????Read too little, watch TV too
often, and pray too seldom.
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????????,???????????We have multiplied our
possessions, but reduced our values.
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???????,????,????? We talk too much, love too
little and lie too often.
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?????????,????????We've learned how to make a
living, but not a life
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?????????,???????????We've added years to life,
not life to years.
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?????????,???????We have taller buildings, but
shorter tempers
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??????????,????????? Wider freeways, but
narrower viewpoints.
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??????,?????????????,??????? ?We spend more,
but have less we buy more, but enjoy it less.
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??????????????,??????????????? We've been all
the way to the moon and back, but have trouble
crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
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?????????,??????????We've conquered outer space,
but not inner space.
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????????,?????????We've split the atom, but not
our prejudice
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??????,??????????,???????We write more, but
learn less plan more, but accomplish less.
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????????,????????We've learned to rush, but not
to wait
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?????????,??????????We have higher incomes, but
lower morals.
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?????????????,??????,???????????????We build
more computers to hold more information, to
produce more copies, but have less communication.
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????????,???????We are long on quantity, but
short on quality.
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??????????????????????????????????????These
are the times of fast foods and slow digestion
tall men and short character steep profits and
shallow relationships.
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???????,???????????,?????More leisure and less
fun More kinds of food, but less nutrition
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??????,??????????????,???????Two incomes, but
more divorce Fancier houses, but broken homes.
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?????????????????This is the paradox of our
times today.
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???????,???????,?????????????,?????????????????T
hat'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.
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????,????,????????????,?????????? Search for
knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and
admire the view without paying attention to your
needs.
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?????????????,??????,????????Spend more time
with your family and friends, eat your favorite
foods, and visit the places you love.
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?????????????,??????????Life is a chain of
moment of enjoyment, not only about survival.
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????????????? ! ??????????,?????????? !Use your
crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume,
and use it every time you feel you want it.
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?????????????????????,??????????????????????? Re
move from your vocabulary phrases like "one of
these days" and "someday".  Let's write that
letter we thought of writing "one of these days".
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???????????????,????????Let's tell our families
and friends how much we love them.
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???????????????,???????Do not delay anything
that adds laughter and joy to your life.
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???,????,??????????????????????????Every day,
every hour, and every minute is special.  And
you don't know if it will be your last.
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???????????????????If youre too busy to
take the time to send this message to someone
you care, and you tell yourself you will send
it one of these days,  just think one of
these daysyou may not be here to send it!
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? ? ? ?Thank you for watchingEdition 2010-10-31
by Herbert K. Lau