Tom's Blog on Life

A great quote to start the week!
George Carlin’s wife died early in 2008 and George followed her, dying in July 2008. It is ironic George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent and so very appropriate. An observation by George Carlin:
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 drink too much, smoke too much, 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 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 a new neighbor. We 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 conquered 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 we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway 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 showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember to spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.
Remember, to say, ‘I love you’ to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
And always remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by those moments that take our breath away.

Constructive Impatience I call it.
Sounds a little less desperate than desperation.

I like the image but the text is unreadable. So here is another:

I saw this on Monday and thought, “Some worthy aspirations to start our week.”

The writer makes a great point.
https://www.domain.com.au/news/australias-highspeed-rail-plan-is-a-blow-to-housing-affordability-20170809-gxpjzi/

Government plans to finally crack down on illegal phoenix companies have been announced, including a surprise move to introduce “director identification numbers”.
OK article, sensational comment:
rnickey mouse 12 hours ago.
Lets recast the 3rd last paragraph, “Time after time we see failed government fall over and then see the identical disgraced politicians spring up as if the billions dollars of taxpayers money they lost never existed and pretend that they did nothing wrong. The attorney general does nothing to catch these criminals as they are all in the trough together”.
How about “We the people” demand that serving politicians be assigned a Politicians Identification Number (PIN) so we can black ban any member who is found to have squandered, wasted or lost OUR money. $3.2 billion per year – pah! That’s the interest bill on Wayne Swan/Joe Hockey/ScoMo’s debt for a day.
https://www.mybusiness.com.au/leadership/3367-surprise-twist-in-long-awaited-phoenix-crackdown