I realized yesterday that the prom is 9 days away. I'm feeling a bit of a panic, as I learned that a backordered prom souvenir is not ever going to be shipped. The product was discontinued, but they just told us. Argh!!! I had done the order over the internet, put it on my personal credit card, got reimbursed for it. Spent the money paying other debts that were due. & now will have to somehow repay the junior class...
I feel like I've been robbing Peter to pay Paul for about a year now, & I know it isn't that bad of a situation as the debt from the divorce & establishing a home has lessened & is still at 0% (plus 3% finance charges for balance transfers. But when will this end, when will I get to feel financial freedom to go with my not married anymore freedom? Oh, when I quit spending money... duh!
I did not write the following. The longtime friend's blog from which I cut & pasted it didn't write it either, nor reveal his source. As I read it, I realized he & I became friends around 26 years ago. Gee, can I be that old?
The Paradox of our 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 it 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, but 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 too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, 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 the new neighbor.
We've 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 split 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 have less communication.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw-away 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 show window and nothing in the stockroom.Indeed, these are the times!
May you slow down and carpe diem...
I feel like I've been robbing Peter to pay Paul for about a year now, & I know it isn't that bad of a situation as the debt from the divorce & establishing a home has lessened & is still at 0% (plus 3% finance charges for balance transfers. But when will this end, when will I get to feel financial freedom to go with my not married anymore freedom? Oh, when I quit spending money... duh!
I did not write the following. The longtime friend's blog from which I cut & pasted it didn't write it either, nor reveal his source. As I read it, I realized he & I became friends around 26 years ago. Gee, can I be that old?
The Paradox of our 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 it 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, but 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 too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, 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 the new neighbor.
We've 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 split 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 have less communication.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw-away 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 show window and nothing in the stockroom.Indeed, these are the times!
May you slow down and carpe diem...
posted by Pete | 8:25 PM
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