Where Are We Heading

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 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 drink too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

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 done larger things, but not better things.

We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice. 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.

We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but more broken homes.

These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. Where are we heading?

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.

So what is the morale of the story?

Don’t work too hard and you know what’s the full word of family?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU.

我們這個(gè)時(shí)代在歷史上的說(shuō)法就是我們擁有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾氣；我們擁有更寬闊的高速公路，卻有更狹隘的觀點(diǎn)；我們花費(fèi)得更多，擁有得卻更少；我們購(gòu)買(mǎi)得更多卻享受得更少。

我們的房子越來(lái)越大，家庭卻越來(lái)越小；便利越來(lái)越多，時(shí)間卻越來(lái)越少；學(xué)位越來(lái)越多，感覺(jué)卻越來(lái)越少；知識(shí)越來(lái)越多，觀點(diǎn)卻越來(lái)越少；專(zhuān)家越來(lái)越多，問(wèn)題也越來(lái)越多；藥物越來(lái)越多，福利卻越來(lái)越少。

我們喝得太多，花錢(qián)大手大腳，笑得太少，開(kāi)車(chē)太快，易怒，熬夜，賴(lài)床，書(shū)讀得越來(lái)越少，電視看得越來(lái)越多，卻很少向上帝祈禱。

我們常常夸夸其談，卻很少付出愛(ài)心，且常常心中充滿了仇恨。我們學(xué)會(huì)了如何謀生，而不知如何生活。我們延長(zhǎng)了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限。

我們登上了月球，并成功返回，卻不能穿過(guò)街道去拜訪新鄰居。我們已經(jīng)征服了太空，卻征服不了自己的內(nèi)心；我們的事業(yè)越做越大，但質(zhì)量卻沒(méi)有提高。

我們清潔了空氣，卻污染了靈魂；我們分離了原子，卻無(wú)法驅(qū)除我們的偏見(jiàn)；我們寫(xiě)得更多，學(xué)到的卻更少；我們的計(jì)劃更多，完成的卻更少。

我們學(xué)會(huì)了奔跑，卻忘記了如何等待；我們的收入越來(lái)越高，道德水平卻越來(lái)越低。

我們制造了更多的計(jì)算機(jī)來(lái)存儲(chǔ)更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，卻減少了交流；我們開(kāi)始渴望數(shù)量，但忽視了質(zhì)量。

這個(gè)時(shí)代有雙收入，但也有了更高的離婚率；有更華麗的房屋，卻有更多破碎的家庭。

這個(gè)時(shí)代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，卻拋棄了道德、一夜情、超重的身體，以及可以從快樂(lè)中走向靜止和自殺的藥物。我們將走向何方……？

如果我們明天就死掉，我們?yōu)橹ぷ鞯墓究赡軙?huì)在一天內(nèi)很輕易地找人代替我們的位置。但是當(dāng)我們離開(kāi)家人后，他們的余生將會(huì)在失落中度過(guò)。

考慮一下吧，我們將自己的時(shí)間更多地投入到工作中，而放棄與家人在一起的時(shí)光，實(shí)在并非明智之舉。

那么這則故事的主旨是什么呢?

不要工作得太辛苦，你知道家的全稱(chēng)嗎？

家＝爸爸媽媽?zhuān)覑?ài)你們。