He added, "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 too much TV 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 have learned how to make a living but not a life. We've added years to life but 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 the air but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom but not our prejudice. 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."
So perhaps we need to slow down a bit and savor a bit of life.As Carlin said, "Remember to give a warm hug to to 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 spend some time with our loved ones because they are not going to be around forever. Remember to say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe because that little person will grow up and leave your side."
Make a difference in life by not just taking, but giving, too.