Sorry, no minimalist menu today… But I have something that may be even better! Instead of the menu, I’m sharing with you a very short, but very moving piece written by the 14th Dalai Lama. I think it’s one of those poems that ‘says it all’. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!
THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE
By the Dalai Lama
We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We build more computers
to hold more information,
to produce more copies then ever,
but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods,
but slow digestion;
Tall men but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It’s a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.
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Oh wow, Jurino, this IS awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Bernice
Jurino…no need to apologize. Those few words say so much.
Appreciate you sharing it and am now going to tweet it as it deserves to be shared.
I’m glad you liked it as much as I did!
A man’s washing machine broke.It was purchased new.It lasted eight years (built in obsolescence).The man had many clothes and washed them frequently.The man panicked and purchased a new machine on his credit card.He needed all his clothes for going out and working.He had a different coloured shirt for everyday of the week.The delivery men strained and struggled, almost breaking their backs, delivering his new machine.They strained even more to remove the broken machine so it could be sold as scrap.
Another man had a couple of changes of clothing of the same colour.He didn’t own a washing machine.He washed his clothes once a week in a small bucket, using a bar of soap, and hung them up to dry in the sun.
The credit card company sent the man who purchased the machine a bill.The men that delivered all those machines needed to take painkillers for their backs.
The second machine eventually needed replacing.Metal was mined to build the second machine.A family were intimidated and threatened to leave their ancestral land by a large mining company so people could replace their old washing machines.
The man who washed his clothes using a bucket died.His son continued to use his fathers bucket.
I love your story! And it’s so true. I think we go through at least 4 or 5 washing machines in our ‘adult lives’, whereas I’ve never seen a metal bucket break!
Hi Jurino
I was looking for this paradox of our age poem and found out on snopes.com that Dalai Lama didn’t actually write this but a preacher in Seattle in the 80′s did. I’m a huge D.L fan, but snopes is totally credible.
Nice website BTW
Andrew
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp