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| V-DUB User Info... |  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 enjoyless. 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 neighbour. 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. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. HOW TO STAY YOUNG 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her. 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's. 4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. 6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive. 7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge. 8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is. 10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. If you don't send this to at least 8 people....WHO CARES? George Carlin - Tue, 28 Sep 2004 2:27pm | ||
| princess p User Info... | I love George Carlin...he has a great book called brain droppings that I read over three years ago and when I think of it, it still makes me laugh. - Tue, 28 Sep 2004 3:41pm | ||
| de mayo User Info... | Yes, Carlin is wicked! - Tue, 28 Sep 2004 4:04pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | george carlin = genious... ...but i heard this write up was not actually written by him. - Tue, 28 Sep 2004 6:03pm | ||
| ADL 01 User Info... | I love watchin his live performances on tv, they're awesome.. - Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:43pm | ||
| Helonwheels User Info... | I saw him at the Queen Elizabeth theatre a few years ago and it was unbelievable. I serioulsly thought that i may just myself. I remember looking at the people sitting around me and we all just smiled and laughed with eachother and it was this feeling of knowing that we were witnessing something so incredibly hilarious so amazingly genius, brilliant. I wish i had a tape of that night. - Wed, 29 Sep 2004 9:39am | ||
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