The Paradox of the Time we Live in

Have you ever wondered what life was like 100 or more years ago?  I do.  I love reading books and watching movies dated during older centuries.

During the older centuries everything seems so calm, small and simple.  People didn’t have stress, anti-biotic or vitamin pills.  They had very big families, but lived in very small houses.  Education was limited, as well as the knowledge of doctors.  People were poor, but they had great morals and they were proud people.  I believe that although times were tough with war and poor living quality, they made the most of it.

In the 21^st century we have bigger houses, but smaller families.  More comfort, yet less time.  We possess more degrees and we have more knowledge than ever in history, but we have less common sense and less good judgement.  We are blessed with more specialists and doctors, but we have more problems.  We have more medicine, but we have “broken” people.  We spend too much, laugh less, drive too fast, get angry so quickly, stay up too late, don’t read enough, watch too much television, but we do not have time for our Religion.

During this century we managed to multiply our possessions and gain higher income, but we have very low moral standards.  We talk too much, we do not love enough and we lie too much.  (Yes, even those little white lies count!)  We have learned how to exist comfortably and managed to live longer, but we forgot how to LIVE! 

We have higher buildings, but shorter tempers. We spend so much, but we have so little.  We buy more, but we enjoy it less.  We managed to land on the moon and come back safely, but it is too much trouble to walk over to your new neighbor and welcome them to the neighborhood. 

We write more (we have so many platforms of communication), but we learn less.  We learned how to rush things, but not how to wait.  In order for us to say more, we build computers with more gigs which are able to store more information, but we have less communication between each other.  We are focused on quantity, but not on quality. 

This is the time of fast foods, leading to bad digestion.  Bigger men, with less integrity.  More relaxing, but less pleasures.  Two salaries in a family, but more divorce.  Beautiful houses, but more “broken houses”.

Therefore I suggest that we do not store items for special occasions, because today is a special occasion.  Read a bit more.  Sit on your terrace or balcony and enjoy the view instead of worrying about what you might need.  Spend more time with friends and family, eat your favourite food and visit places you love.  Use that expensive perfume and those crystal glasses.  Tell people how much you love them and live each day to its maximum capacity!

Every year, week, day, minute and second is special.  USE IT!!