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, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. 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 a new neighbor. We 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 conquered 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 build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce; fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom 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 share this insight, or to just hit delete... Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.George Carlin
I'd like to meet:
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, And if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, For your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon or what sign you are. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, If you have been opened by life's betrayals Or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, Mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it. I want to know if you can be with JOY, mine or your own; If you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you To the tips of your fingers and toes Without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, Or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday. It doesn't interest me to know where you live, how much money you have, who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back and leave me behind. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and truly like the company you keep. -author unknown-i have been going through it the past few months....wondering...how i came to be here. i have come to the conclusion that sometimes things are not what they seem, and sometimes it is what it is. and theres nothing wrong with that there is nothing wrong with me because this is where i need to be and there is nothing i can do or could have done to change that.
Music:
rhythm that moves me or makes me move...see ONLY CHILD on my top8 for selections on rotation in my iPod.
Movies:
magnolia, henry fool, trust, flirt(anything Hal Hartley)......so, i married an axe murderer, dogma, hedwig and the angry inch, mostly martha, empire of the sun, i heart huckabees, mind the gap.
Television:
the amazing race, curb your enthusiasm, iron chef, good eats w/alton brown, antiques roadshow, dwell, l word, project runway, weeds..
Books:
la rousse's gastronomique, kitchen confidential, repair manuals and catalogs(currenty both Haynes and Chilton Tech Spec Manual for Mecedes W108 ), the 48 laws of.....
Heroes:
"you know i feel bad for people that don't drink. cuz when they wake up in the morning, that's the best they're going to feel all day." Frank Sinatra
Johnnie W, Jack D, Jim B & the sexy Stella Artois...
