Tuesday, May 8, 2012

An interesting note from a great comedian GEORGE CARLIN

This  is an awesome piece.  It is a repeat but even if you have read it, take  time to read it again!
It is worth it! I don't know if it is really George Carlin who said this but he was a genius comedian and could have really said this thoughtful piece!!
 
 (GEORGE  CARLIN  died in July 2008)  


                                                


Isn't  it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and  80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so  very appropriate.
  

    A Message by George Carlin:

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;  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 will not be  there again.

Give time to love, give time to  speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in  your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: 

Life is  not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by  the moments that take our breath away.



                        George Carlin
 

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