Nowadays I often wonder where we are headed as a race.A sweep through the morning paper reveals the sad condition of humanity.Maybe my view is pessimistic, but ironically, we are doing all we can to erase homo sapiens from the face of the Earth.Not just disregard for the environment, but that for each other as well."No man is an island,unto himself" rings hollow in the present day when young men and women refuse to lift up their gazes glued to screens,which are apparently more gripping than life brimming around.Of course,technology, which has reduced productivity and made couch potatoes of many, is not the only bane of today.Unhealthy food habits and lifestyle, an increasing trend to imitate the Westerns, self-centered goals, severed family ties, rearrangement of priorities(often money comes first) all characterize the racy generation caught in an endless cycle of work.
We forget to spend time with those dearest to us,or we simply put forward the old excuse of 'lack of time'.If you truly care, you would make time.But sparing a few minutes for conversation is too trivial when compared to endless hours spent before a laptop.
Forgotten are the pleasures of the old days - outdoor games and adventures, explorations which led to a bonding with nature, shared household chores, times spent with elders, walking(remember that activity?), reading(not altogether forgotten,thank God), and a general leisurely life lived in harmony with nature. Uncrowded roads, the happiness on acquiring a simple toy or dress, homes surrounded by trees and enlivened by endemic fauna - these are sights and sounds which are alien to most of us.
There is no time to even type out whole message.Never mind that texting was a huge leap from the former handwritten letters and landphones, and the English language is composed of words with actual spellings.
I don't want to list the bleak happenings around the world here.If you really want to know, you can get it with a click anyway. There can be no question as to the fact that of all species that have inhabited the Earth, humanity has caused the most harm. Maybe it is best if we just get wiped out.As the prophecy of the Cree Indians goes,"Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned,and the last fish been caught, will we realise that we cannot eat money."
We forget to spend time with those dearest to us,or we simply put forward the old excuse of 'lack of time'.If you truly care, you would make time.But sparing a few minutes for conversation is too trivial when compared to endless hours spent before a laptop.
Forgotten are the pleasures of the old days - outdoor games and adventures, explorations which led to a bonding with nature, shared household chores, times spent with elders, walking(remember that activity?), reading(not altogether forgotten,thank God), and a general leisurely life lived in harmony with nature. Uncrowded roads, the happiness on acquiring a simple toy or dress, homes surrounded by trees and enlivened by endemic fauna - these are sights and sounds which are alien to most of us.
There is no time to even type out whole message.Never mind that texting was a huge leap from the former handwritten letters and landphones, and the English language is composed of words with actual spellings.
I don't want to list the bleak happenings around the world here.If you really want to know, you can get it with a click anyway. There can be no question as to the fact that of all species that have inhabited the Earth, humanity has caused the most harm. Maybe it is best if we just get wiped out.As the prophecy of the Cree Indians goes,"Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned,and the last fish been caught, will we realise that we cannot eat money."
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