Something to think about...

So I don't ever forward mass emails to people and usually just delete the ones I receive, but this is something I saw on a friends blog and wanted to share it. I think it is a great thing to read and think about, especially this Holiday season. If you are looking at my blog, take a minute to read this and really think about it...

"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 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, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We’ve learned to rush, but not wait.
We have 24 hour access to information through televisions, internet, e-mail, cell phones, instant messenger, text messaging, pagers and blackberries, but we communicate less and less.
We have called evil good and good evil.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We love too seldom and hate too often and too easily.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We’ve learned how to make a living, not a life.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We’ve done larger things, but not better things.
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window but nothing in the stockroom.

God won’t ask what kind of car you drove, but He will ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation.
God won’t ask the square footage of your house, but He will ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
God won’t ask about the designer clothes you had in your closet, but He will ask how many you helped to clothe.
God won’t ask what your highest salary was, but He will ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
God won’t ask what your job title was, but He will ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.
God won’t ask how popular you were, but He will ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
God won’t ask what neighborhood you lived in, but He will ask how you treated your neighbors.
God won’t ask about the color of your skin, but He will ask about the content of your character."