Това е текст приписван на много хора – Джордж Карлин, Далай Лама, Джеф Диксън… Истинският автор е Боб Мурхед – доктор по теология и дългогодишен пастор в Сиатъл. Статията е публикувана многократно къде ли не, при това напълно заслужено. Позволяваме си отново да я публикуваме защото това трябва да бъде настолно ежедневно четиво за всеки от нас! Насладете се на всяка дума….
The paradox of our time
is that we have tall buildings but low tolerance; wide highways but a narrow worldview; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses but smaller families; more convenience but less time. We have more degrees in education, but less sense; more knowledge but poorer judgment; more experts, but also more problems; more medicine but less health; we take more vitamins but see less results. We drink too much; we smoke too much; we spend too recklessly; we laugh too little; we drive too fast; we get angry too easily; we go to bed too late; we wake up too tired; we read too little; we watch too much television and pray too rarely.
We have increased our possessions but decreased our values; we make big plans to get to our goal faster, but in fact we do less and backslide faster. We talk too much; we love too rarely and lie too often. We know how to experience, but we do not know how to live; we have added years to life, but not life to years. We were over the moon and back, but it's hard for us to cross the street to meet our new neighbor. We conquered the cosmic spaces, but not the mental ones. We are doing bigger things. but not better things; we purified the air but polluted the soul; we have split the atom, but we have not been able to overcome our prejudices. We write more but learn less; we plan more but achieve less. We have learned to hurry, but not to wait; we have more guns but less peace; higher incomes but lower morale; more parties but less fun. We have more food, but feel less and less full. We meet more people, but we have fewer and fewer friends. We try harder but have less success. We create new computers to store more information but communicate less; we drive smaller cars but have bigger problems; we build bigger factories but produce less. We create quantity but not quality.
Това са времена на бързото хранене и лошото храносмилане; на високите мъже, но и на низките души; на внезапните печалби, но и на плитките взаимоотношения, на по-красивите къщи, но и повече разбити домове. Това са времена на кратките пътувания, еднократните памперси и еднократния морал, на връзките за една нощ, на наднорменото тегло и на хапчетата, които правят всичко – възбуждат ни, успокояват ни, убиват ни. Времена, когато технологията позволява това писмо да стигне до вас, а вие може да го споделите или просто да натиснете „изтриване“.
Remember to spend more time with those you love because they won't be with you forever.
Don't forget to say a kind word to the one who looks down on you with admiration, because this little creature will soon grow up and no longer be with you.
Do not forget to give a warm hug to the person next to you, because this is the only treasure that you can give from your heart and it does not cost a penny.
Не забравяйте да казвате „обичам те“ на любимите си, но най-вече наистина го мислете. Целувката и прегръдката могат да излекуват всяка болка, когато са от сърце.
Don't forget to hold hands and cherish the moments you are together because one day that person won't be there for you.
Take time to love each other, to talk, to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
Because life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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