Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,
but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view
We have more medicines, but less health.
We have more knowledge, but less judgement
We have more compromises, but less time.
We have bigger houses, but smaller families
We spend more, but enjoy less.
We have multiplied
our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk much, we love only a
little, and we hate too much.
We have conquered the outer space,
but not our inner space.
We reached the Moon and came
back, but we find it troublesome
to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.
We have higher income, but less morals....
These are times with more liberty, but less joy....
With much more food, but less nutrition....
These are days in which
two salaries come home, but divorces increase.
These are times of finer houses,
but more broken homes.
That’s why I propose that as from today;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion,
because every day that you live is a special occasion.
Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch
and admire the view without paying attention to the needs.
Pass more time with your family,
eat your favorite food, visit the place you love.
Life is a chain of moments
of enjoyment; it isn’t only survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume,
and use it every time you feel you want it.
Take out from your vocabulary phrases
like “One of these days” and “someday”.
Let’s write that letter we thought
of writing “One of these days”.
Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them.
Never pass up a chance at
adding laughter and joy to your life.
Every day, hour, and minute are special....
And you never know if it will be your last...
If you’re too busy to take some minutes to send
this message to someone you love,
and you tell yourself that you will send it
“one of these days".
Just remember that
“one of these days” can be very far away,
and you may not be there to see it....
