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To: c.horn who wrote (4630)9/30/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: Carole Olkowski  Respond to of 13018
 
AS HEARD WITH CLIFF DUMAS ON 820 CHAM.

This is insightful, as it is scary. A Columbine student
wrote it:

"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.

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

CLIFF DUMAS



To: c.horn who wrote (4630)9/30/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: Rambi  Respond to of 13018
 
A famous wife had something to say on this subject-
From Abigail Adams'letters, to her son, John Quincy Adams:

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed... The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.