Aparadox of our time

PARADOX OF OUR TIME, A POEM BY BOB MOORHEAD

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Martin Summerhayes
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, to 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 might
not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to
share the precious thoughts in your mind.”

I came across this the other day and it struck me so much, I thought I’d share it with you……..

Thanks DAz, worth reading over and over again.

Regards.

good post daz and how true eh

thanks for this, keeps feet on the ground

barnie wrote:

thanks for this, keeps feet on the ground

Absolutely true Colin one should always give hugs & kisses I suggest to your loved ones as such as these days I'm sadly, one never quite knows when they may just be your last etc type of thing.

thank you daz, enjoyed reading that .......especially the parts about family and friends, this hits home very much, ive found every time i loose someone, it takes a little bit more out of you.

David wrote:

thank you daz, enjoyed reading that .......especially the parts about family and friends, this hits home very much, ive found every time i loose someone, it takes a little bit more out of you.

I know that type of feeling here etc David I'm   Knocked me around a bit here recently, somewhat     When I had to eventually make the final decision here with our daughter Melissa & turn her life support off in the ICU of the local hospital. Because she had a fatal reaction unfortunately to the Astra Zeneca shot she was advised to have against the virus issue by the expert types down here.

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

thank you daz, enjoyed reading that .......especially the parts about family and friends, this hits home very much, ive found every time i loose someone, it takes a little bit more out of you.

I know that type of feeling here etc David I'm   Knocked me around a bit here recently, somewhat     When I had to eventually make the final decision here with our daughter Melissa & turn her life support off in the ICU of the local hospital. Because she had a fatal reaction unfortunately to the Astra Zeneca shot she was advised to have against the virus issue by the expert types down here.

Could think of nothing more upsetting Knackered, goes without saying feel for you.

Both my wife, my son and daughter and myself along with numerous friends have all had the same vaccine.

None have had any adverse reactions.

There is one hopeful thought Knackered, your daughter will be in a far better place than this present world.

Words hard to put together in such circumstances Knackered.

Regards.
than this

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

thank you daz, enjoyed reading that .......especially the parts about family and friends, this hits home very much, ive found every time i loose someone, it takes a little bit more out of you.

I know that type of feeling here etc David I'm   Knocked me around a bit here recently, somewhat     When I had to eventually make the final decision here with our daughter Melissa & turn her life support off in the ICU of the local hospital. Because she had a fatal reaction unfortunately to the Astra Zeneca shot she was advised to have against the virus issue by the expert types down here.

this makes it an even bitter pill to swallow knackered, i can only imagine how you and your family feel ......

sincere thoughts and condolences go out to you and your family oz

MISTY wrote:

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

thank you daz, enjoyed reading that .......especially the parts about family and friends, this hits home very much, ive found every time i loose someone, it takes a little bit more out of you.

I know that type of feeling here etc David I'm   Knocked me around a bit here recently, somewhat     When I had to eventually make the final decision here with our daughter Melissa & turn her life support off in the ICU of the local hospital. Because she had a fatal reaction unfortunately to the Astra Zeneca shot she was advised to have against the virus issue by the expert types down here.

Could think of nothing more upsetting Knackered, goes without saying feel for you.

Both my wife, my son and daughter and myself along with numerous friends have all had the same vaccine.

None have had any adverse reactions.

There is one hopeful thought Knackered, your daughter will be in a far better place than this present world.

Words hard to put together in such circumstances Knackered.

Regards.  
than this    

I know the words scenario situation etc Misty. Even all the doctors here were totally lost for words sadly, in trying to explain what actually happened with our daughter as such. End of the day thou they put it all down to one of those one in a million type events I'm & she was actually by all accounts, apparently the 6th death in the country here unfortunately from having a reaction to the Astra Zeneca injection.

we in the uk knackered, have a yellow card system, it is a government run system which it is said only a small percentage of people actually give their information...sadly there has been over 1,500 people died after taking the vaccine in the uk, and over 1 million having reactions, some ranging from mild to severe life altering ...........

reading daily updates about virus`s and vaccines, i do believe the public are not getting / giving, informed consent to recieve the vaccine, they are in the main simply handed a leaflet after having taken the vaccine ........so in my oppinion if people do want to be vaccinated, it is only right they recieve ALL the information beforehand, then they can make a decision based on facts .

blood clots, strokes and heart problems, plus many other issues are a common side effect in vaccinated people, it is only right they are informed of the risk they take before accepting the vaccine .

Daughter went Scotland for a couple of weeks. Stayed with Friends odd time. Hired a Caravan. Her, her husband and the two kids.

All very concscious regards the Covid.a Always so careful.
Came back Saturday having the Covid. Don't know regards the rest of the Family. Awaiting results etc.

Bother fully vacinated. with the two jabs.

Now has thas to cancel her work of course. Has a Saloon for hair dressing.
rick, the husband also off work now off course.
Can't be too careful of course ... But one wonders just where is the line drawn, between the ecomany, rich concerns profits and reality!

The whole thing is a complete muddle Daz.

I know it was thrown at us out of the blue and no one could not know all
the answers but ????.

Hope all goes well at your end.

Regards.

David wrote:

we in the uk knackered, have a yellow card system, it is a government run system which it is said only a small percentage of people actually give their information...sadly there has been over 1,500 people died after taking the vaccine in the uk, and over 1 million having reactions, some ranging from mild to severe life altering ...........

reading daily updates about virus`s and vaccines, i do believe the public are not getting / giving, informed consent to recieve the vaccine, they are in the main simply handed a leaflet after having taken the vaccine ........so in my oppinion if people do want to be vaccinated, it is only right they recieve ALL the information beforehand, then they can make a decision based on facts .

blood clots, strokes and heart problems, plus many other issues are a common side effect in vaccinated people, it is only right they are informed of the risk they take before accepting the vaccine .

Fortunately I suggest David you still live in a democratic type system there to a degree & you can still express your views & opinions on different issues to your hearts content etc thankfully. May be somewhat different to mine here at times on many issues I suspect, like when you start talking about conspiracy type issues in a local sense compared to my way of thinking down here with such things. Here I just put it all down now in the end   thou we may both apparently still live in a democratic type way in a fashion, in many ways they are very different on average, overall by my years of logic thinking on average & experiences down here & every life lost to the virus issue is a tragic tragedy for a family somewhere & we are prepared down here to do every thing possible too make the necessary sacrifices to keep the numbers as low as possible in the end for every one local. Bit of a rant     I know     But, I judge a country now these days I'm   by it's record of deaths in a virus sense & it's not for me     to say where one should live for safety sake. But given the choice & taking every thing into consideration in a virus sense even with what has sadly happened with my family       if I had to choose between America, England or the like or my little island down here as an example I would still always choose my little patch here, where forgetting the conspiracy type theories which still flow from certain misguided locals, we have at this stage here now regrettably lost something like 980 odd deaths over the last eighteen months to the virus issue scenario.   
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Daz wrote:

Daughter went Scotland for a couple of weeks. Stayed with Friends odd time. Hired a Caravan. Her, her husband and the two kids.

All very concscious  regards the Covid.a Always so careful.
Came back Saturday having the Covid. Don't know regards the rest of the Family. Awaiting results etc.

Bother fully vacinated. with the two jabs.

Now has thas to cancel her work of course. Has a Saloon for hair dressing.  
rick, the husband also off work now off course.
Can't be too careful of course ...  But one wonders just where is the line drawn, between the ecomany, rich concerns profits and reality!

Thinking of you here & your family there etc Daz. One can in the end, but hope for the best outcome as such I suggest As you say thou a hard one etc deciding where one actually should simply draw a line in the sand with the Covid type issue these days. End of the day for me here I expect ones government to simply lead the way the way forward to better times & if they are not for whatever reason capable, the ballot box will be their downfall in the end finely maybe I suspect/suggest . & take care.

Daz wrote:

Daughter went Scotland for a couple of weeks. Stayed with Friends odd time. Hired a Caravan. Her, her husband and the two kids.

All very concscious  regards the Covid.a Always so careful.
Came back Saturday having the Covid. Don't know regards the rest of the Family. Awaiting results etc.

Bother fully vacinated. with the two jabs.

Now has thas to cancel her work of course. Has a Saloon for hair dressing.  
rick, the husband also off work now off course.
Can't be too careful of course ...  But one wonders just where is the line drawn, between the ecomany, rich concerns profits and reality!

hope there ok daz it just makes you wonder how many have had covid and not even known about it eh .plenty one would think but have been lucky with a mild infection

True O/S. Maybe it affects different persons differently ... like the cold and flu.

by what ive heard it does effect people differently daz, some have very minor symptums, some have none at all ........yet some seem to need hospital attention .

i think in the early days, putting people on ventalators as a matter of course turned out to be a major mistake , it created a worse situation , and in a lot of cases killed people un necessary.

David wrote:

by what ive heard it does effect people differently daz, some have very minor symptums, some have none at all ........yet some seem to need hospital attention .

i think in the early days, putting people on ventalators as a matter of course turned out to be a major mistake , it created a worse situation , and in a lot of cases killed people un necessary.

Irrespective of any other consideration if thousands of people had not taken the vacine I dread to think the state we would be in now.

In any health treatments there are risks, I know it is no consolation to those who have lost or had ill loved ones but it is a fact.

All in all it is something we could well have done without.

Regards.

[quote="David"]by what ive heard it does effect people differently daz, some have very minor symptums, some have none at all ........yet some seem to need hospital attention .

i think in the early days, putting people on ventalators as a matter of course turned out to be a major mistake , it created a worse situation , and in a lot of cases killed people un necessary.[/quot

i agree about the ventilators david

The Jury is out here.

oldstrain wrote:

David wrote:

by what ive heard it does effect people differently daz, some have very minor symptums, some have none at all ........yet some seem to need hospital attention .

i think in the early days, putting people on ventalators as a matter of course turned out to be a major mistake , it created a worse situation , and in a lot of cases killed people un necessary.[/quot

i agree about the ventilators david

I know mistakes have been made at times, with how things are with the virus issue these days & when certain people may have unfortunately found themselves in the environment under discussion. Talk, ventilators/respirators & all that goes with them, in a ICU type environment/unit & it all has a rather frightening aspect about it from my recent experience here. Easy to be judgemental I suggest looking in at times, but the absolute dedication factor I saw by the local doctors & nurses & the like there to do things right by those under their care, made me grateful/thankful  that they were there just doing their best under the most trying of circumstances for the betterment of man kind type of thing. Even if in the end for my close family unfortunately things didn't quite work out as we were all hoping upon hope for, for our daughter.

yes the nurses and doctors are incredible going about there work no doubt about that oz ,one can only be grateful to them

oldstrain wrote:

yes the nurses and doctors are incredible going about there work no doubt about that oz ,one can only be grateful to them

True O/S we worry here about our two little champs etc getting home from 23 miles     Suspect somehow, their worry factor on a daily type basis is some what greater I suspect.