Think it over
Today we have higher buildings and wider
highways, but shorter temperaments and
narrower points of view.
We spend more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses, but smaller families.
We have more compromises, but less time.
We have more knowledge, but less
judgement.
We have more medicines, but less health.
We have multiplied our possessions, but
reduced our values.
We talk much, we love only a little, and we
hate too much.
We reached the Moon and came back, but
we find it troublesome to cross our own street
and meet our neighbors.
We have conquered the outer space, but not
our inner space.
We have higher income, but less morals.
These are times with more liberty, but less
joy.
We have much more food, but less nutrition.
These are the days in which it takes two
salaries for each home, but divorces increase.
These are times of finer houses, but more
broken homes.
That’s why I propose, that as of 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 your needs.
Spend more time with your family and friends,
eat your favorite foods, visit the places you
love.
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not
only about survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your
best perfume, and use it every time you feel
you want it.
Remove 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.
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and
joy to your life.
Every day, every hour, and every minute is
special.
And you don’t know if it will be your last.
