Changing World

In this ever changing world, do we need to change everything? I am sure there are few we can keep.

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Loved Ones

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, 

"Oh excuse me please" was my reply. 

He said, "Please excuse me too; 

I wasn't watching for you." 

We were very polite, this stranger and I. 

We went on our way and we said goodbye. 

But at home a different story is told, 

How we treat our loved ones, young and old. 

Later that day, cooking the evening meal, 

My son stood beside me very still. 

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. 

"Move out of the way," I said with a frown. 

He walked away, his little heart broken. 

I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken. 

While I lay awake in bed, 

God's still small voice came to me and said, 

"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, 

but the family you love, you seem to abuse.. 

Go and look on the kitchen floor, 

You'll find some flowers there by the door. 

Those are the flowers he brought for you. 

He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue. 

He stood very ! quietly not to spoil the surprise, 

you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes." 

By this time, I felt very small, 

And now my tears began to fall. 

I quietly went and knelt by his bed; 

"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said. 

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?" 

He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree. 

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. 

I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue." 

I said, "Son, ! I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; 

I shouldn't have yelled at you that way." 

He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. 

I love you anyway." 

I said, "Son, I love you too, 

and I do like the flowers, especially the blue." 

Loved ones the family and friends,  Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. 

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? 

So what is behind the story? 

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The More ... The Less.....

This is a old one which I have read few times. We read but dont realise what it means. If you have some time, read it slowly and try to understand and realise what it means to miss the things we enjoyed once upon a time. No time for that too? May GOD help you out :)

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Today we have bigger houses, but smaller families

More conveniences , but less time

We Have more degrees, but less common sense

More knowledge , but less judgment 

We have more experts, but more problems

More medicine, but less wellness

We spend too recklessly

Laugh too little

Drive too fast

Get too angry too quickly

Stay up too late

Read too little

Watch TV too much

And ponder too little.

We’ve multiplied our possessions,

but reduced our values

We talk too much, love too little and lie too often

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life

We’ve added years to our lives, but not life to our years

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers 

Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints

We spend more, but have less

We buy more, enjoy it less

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back

But have trouble crossing the street to meet our neighbors. 

We’ve conquered outer space,

But not inner space

We’ve split the atom

But not our prejudice 

We write more, learn less

Plan more, but accomplish less

We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait,

We have higher incomes , but lower morals

We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies

But have less communication 

We are long on quantity, 

But short on quality

These are the time of fast foods and slow digestion

Taller people, and short character 

More leisure and less fun 

More kinds of foods but less nutrition

Two incomes but more divorce

Fancier houses but more broken homes

Spend more time with your family and friends , eat your favorite foods, and visit the places you love .

Use your crystal goblets…do not save your best perfume for best…throw a party for no good reason.

Life isn’t only about survival … It’s about joy.

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.

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.

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