We have tall buildings but low tolerance, wide highways but narrow views. We consume more but have less, make more purchases but have less joy. We have bigger houses but smaller families, more convenience but less time, more education but less common sense, more knowledge but less common sense, more experts but also more problems, more medicine but less health.

We smoke too much, we drink too much, we spend irresponsibly; we laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, go to bed too late, get up too tired; we read too little, watch too much TV, pray too rarely.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too little, and hate too often.

We know how to make a living, but we no longer know how to live.

We have added years to life, but not life to years. We can reach the moon, but not our neighbors' door. We have conquered space, but not the space within us. We make bigger things, but not better things.

We have purified the air, but polluted our souls. We can split atoms, but not our prejudices.

We write more, but know less; we plan more, but achieve less. We have learned to be fast, but we cannot wait. We make new computers that store more information and produce vast quantities of copies, but we interact less with each other.

It is the time of fast food and poor digestion, of big men and small minds, of easy profits and difficult relationships.

It is a time of higher family incomes and divorce, of nicer houses and broken homes.

It is a time of quick trips, disposable diapers and disposable morals, one-night stands and obesity.

It is a time of pills that can do everything: they excite us, they calm us, they kill us.

It is a time when it is more important to have something in the shop window than in the shop, when modern technology can carry a text like this around the world in no time at all, and when you have a choice: change your life – or forget this text and its message.

Remember: give more time to those you love, because they will not always be with you. Say a kind word to those who look up at you now with enthusiasm, because these little creatures will soon grow up and will no longer be with you. Give the person next to you a heartfelt hug, because it is the only treasure that comes from your heart and costs you nothing. Tell your loved ones, "I love you," and mean it. A kiss and a hug that come from the heart can make up for all the bad things. Walk hand in hand and cherish the moments you have together, because one day that person will no longer be by your side.

Find time to love each other, find time to talk to each other. Find time to share everything you have to say with each other, because life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

Author: Dr. Bob Moorehead