Paradox of Our Times Today we have

Paradox of Our Times • Today we have Bigger Houses, But • Smaller Families! • More Conveniences, but • Less Time! • We have more Degrees, but • Less Common Sense! • More Knowledge, but • Less Judgment!

Paradox of Our Times • We have more Experts, but • Less Problem solving! • We have more Medicine, but • Less Wellness! • We have more Freedom, but • Less Integrity! • We Talk too much, • Lie too often, but • Love too Little!

Paradox of Our Times • We Spend too Recklessly, • Laugh too Little, • Drive too Fast, • Get Angry too Quickly, • Stay up too Late, • Read too Little, • Watch too much TV, • Pray too seldom.

Paradox of Our Times • We have multiplied our possessions, but • Reduced our Values! • We have learned how to make a living, but • Not a Life! • We have added Years to our lives, but • Not Life to our Years!

Paradox of Our Times • We have Taller Buildings, but • Shorter Tempers! • Wider Freeways, but • Narrower viewpoints and minds! • We spend more, but • Have Less! • We buy more, but • Enjoy it Less!

Paradox of Our Times We’ve been all the way to the Moon, but We have trouble crossing the street to meet our neighbors. We’ve conquered outer space, but Not inner space. We’ve split the atom, but Not prejudices.

Paradox of Our Times • We write more, but • Learn less. • We plan more, but • Accomplish less. • We’ve learned to rush, but • Not to wait. • We have higher incomes, but • Lower Morals.

Paradox of Our Times • We build more computers to hold more information, • To produce more copies, but • Have less communication. • We are long on quantity, but • Less on quality.

Paradox of Our Times • These are times of fast foods, but • Less digestion. • Tall men, but • Short character. • More leisure time, but • Less fun. • More kinds of food, but • Less nutrition.

Paradox of Our Times • We have two incomes, but • More divorce. • Fancier houses, but • Broken homes.

Proposal to Alter the Paradox • As of Today: • Do not keep anything for special occasions, • Every day we live is a Special Occasion. • Search for knowledge – Read more. • Sit on your front porch and admire the view, Without paying attention to your needs.

Proposal to Alter the Paradox • Spend more time with family and friends. • Eat your favorite foods and visit places you love. • Life is a chain of moments of Enjoyment, • Not just survival. • Use your crystal goblets and china. • Don’t save your best perfume or cologne, • Use it any and every time you feel you want to.

Proposal to Alter the Paradox • Remove from your vocabulary phrases like “one of these days” and “someday” • Let’s write that letter we thought of writing “one of these days” • Tell family and friends how much we love them.

Proposal to Alter the Paradox • Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life and to the lives of others. • Each day, every hour, and every minute is special. • We never know when it will be our last. • Make this day one for which you will be remembered.

The Laws of Motivation • You cannot motivate other people • Everyone is motivated • People are motivated for their reasons, not ours • The only thing we can do is to create the environment, which will cause people to motivate themselves

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