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7/25/04 11:53:53 PM
7/26/04 12:01:21 AM
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Thanks for the Vote of Confidence Guys...
By the way, I've been reading a book recently called "Running On Empty: Contemplative Spirituality for Over Acheivers" by Fil Anderson. The book has hit me pretty hard, because it is making me realize that I'm so busy, I'm killing myself.
Here's the poem at the start of the "A World Stuck on Fast Forward" Chapter.
We learned how to make a living, but not a life;
we've added years to life, but not life to years.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies,
and pills that to do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window,
but nothing in the stockroom.
It seems as though the poem from the book I'm reading says it all. These cheaters have a lot on their resume, but nothing in the proverbial "stockroom" when it's time to do the job.
Glen Austin
"It is a time when there is much in the show window, but nothing in the stockroom."
PS - I've just finished the Solitude chapter, but I need to re-read it because I didn't have solitude when I was reading it. I tried to hurry through a book whose fundamental message is to advise me to SLOW DOWN.
Edited by gdaustin
July 25, 2004, 11:55:17 PM EDT
Thanks for the Vote of Confidence Guys...
By the way, I've been reading a book recently called "Running On Empty: Contemplative Spirituality for Over Acheivers" by Fil Anderson. The book has hit me pretty hard, because it is making me realize that I'm so busy, I'm killing myself.
Here's the poem at the start of the "A World Stuck on Fast Forward" Chapter.
We learned how to make a living, but not a life;
we've added years to life, but not life to years.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies,
and pills that to do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
<BOLD>It is a time when there is much in the show window,
but nothing in the stockroom.</BOLD>
It seems as though the poem from the book I'm reading says it all. These cheaters have a lot on their resume, but nothing in the proverbial "stockroom" when it's time to do the job. And you wonder why employers are looking to India.
Glen Austin
"It is a time when there is much in the show window, but nothing in the stockroom."
PS - I've just finished the Solitude chapter, but I need to re-read it because I didn't have solitude when I was reading it. I tried to hurry through a book whose fundamental message is to advise me to SLOW DOWN.
Edited by gdaustin
July 26, 2004, 12:01:21 AM EDT
Thanks for the Vote of Confidence Guys...
By the way, I've been reading a book recently called "Running On Empty: Contemplative Spirituality for Over Acheivers" by Fil Anderson. The book has hit me pretty hard, because it is making me realize that I'm so busy, I'm killing myself.
Here's the poem at the start of the "A World Stuck on Fast Forward" Chapter.
We learned how to make a living, but not a life;
we've added years to life, but not life to years.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies,
and pills that to do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window,
but nothing in the stockroom.
It seems as though the poem from the book I'm reading says it all. These cheaters have a lot on their resume, but nothing in the proverbial "stockroom" when it's time to do the job. And you wonder why employers are looking to India.
Glen Austin
"It is a time when there is much in the show window, but nothing in the stockroom."
PS - I've just finished the Solitude chapter, but I need to re-read it because I didn't have solitude when I was reading it. I tried to hurry through a book whose fundamental message is to advise me to SLOW DOWN.
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