Paradox In Time

I read saw this on a website, Im not sure who wrote it, but it is simply amazing.

the Paradox of time

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.

Deep

[Edited on 25-12-2003 by ZeroDeep]

Amen to that. I have heard many people make observations along those lines then just go back to their hypocritical ways. I hope the New year finds all of us living for whats important and appreciating what we've got. Never take more than you can give back.

So true... so so true....

Great find, ZeroDeep

Originally posted by ZeroDeep

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.

Deep

[Edited on 25-12-2003 by ZeroDeep]

very wise and wonderful words. Its sad that its so hard to keep thoughts like that always in mind. Usually its something that you think about after its too late and your loved ones are gone. Life sometimes gets in the way of living the way that we would really like to. If that makes sence.

Damn...that guy has issues...must be a passafist!

A baby girl is mysteriously left at an orphanage in Cleveland in 1945. "Jane" grows up lonely and dejected, not knowing who her parents are, until one day in 1963 she is strangely attracted to a drifter. She falls in love with him. But just when things are finally looking up for Jane, a series of disasters strike. First, she becomes pregnant by the drifter, who then disappears. Second, during the complicated delivery, doctors find that Jane has both sets of sex organs, and to save her life, they are forced to surgically convert "her" to a "him." Finally, a mysterious stranger kidnaps her baby from the delivery room. Reeling from these disasters, rejected by society, scorned by fate, "he" becomes a drunkard and drifter. Not only has Jane lost her parents and her lover, but he has lost his only child as well. Years later, in 1970, he stumbles into a lonely bar, called Pop's Place, and spills out his pathetic story to an elderly bartender. The bartender offers the drifter the chance to avenge the stranger who left her pregnant and abandoned, on the condition that he (Jane) join the "time travelers corps." Both of them enter a time machine, and the bartender drops off the drifter in 1963. The drifter is strangely attracted to a young orphan woman, who subsequently becomes pregnant. The bartender then goes forward nine months, kidnaps the baby girl from the hospital, and drops off the baby in an orphanage back in 1945. Then the bartender drops off the thoroughly confused drifter in 1985, to enlist in the time travelers corps. The drifter eventually gets his life together, becomes a respected and elderly member of the time travelers corps, and then disguises himself as a bartender and has his most difficult mission: a date with destiny, meeting a certain drifter at Pop's Place in 1970.

The question is: Who is Jane's mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, son, daughter, granddaughter, and grandson?

As an exercise (on the road to insanity) try drawing Jane's family tree.

Originally posted by mOjOm
A baby girl is mysteriously left at an orphanage in Cleveland in 1945. "Jane" grows up lonely and dejected, not knowing who her parents are, until one day in 1963 she is strangely attracted to a drifter. She falls in love with him. But just when things are finally looking up for Jane, a series of disasters strike. First, she becomes pregnant by the drifter, who then disappears. Second, during the complicated delivery, doctors find that Jane has both sets of sex organs, and to save her life, they are forced to surgically convert "her" to a "him." Finally, a mysterious stranger kidnaps her baby from the delivery room. Reeling from these disasters, rejected by society, scorned by fate, "he" becomes a drunkard and drifter. Not only has Jane lost her parents and her lover, but he has lost his only child as well. Years later, in 1970, he stumbles into a lonely bar, called Pop's Place, and spills out his pathetic story to an elderly bartender. The bartender offers the drifter the chance to avenge the stranger who left her pregnant and abandoned, on the condition that he (Jane) join the "time travelers corps." Both of them enter a time machine, and the bartender drops off the drifter in 1963. The drifter is strangely attracted to a young orphan woman, who subsequently becomes pregnant. The bartender then goes forward nine months, kidnaps the baby girl from the hospital, and drops off the baby in an orphanage back in 1945. Then the bartender drops off the thoroughly confused drifter in 1985, to enlist in the time travelers corps. The drifter eventually gets his life together, becomes a respected and elderly member of the time travelers corps, and then disguises himself as a bartender and has his most difficult mission: a date with destiny, meeting a certain drifter at Pop's Place in 1970.

The question is: Who is Jane's mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, son, daughter, granddaughter, and grandson?

As an exercise (on the road to insanity) try drawing Jane's family tree.

Jane is her/him own father,mother,daughter,son,dont know about the rest.

Originally posted by StJames
Jane is her/him own father,mother,daughter,son,dont know about the rest.

Yep, Jane is ALL of them.

The family tree that is nothing but a Stump.

Plus the Bartender!