Take the time. Life is short – George Carlin
What a difference a sad event in someone’s life makes.
GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died…)
Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70′s and 80′s – could write something so very eloquent…and so very appropriate.
A Message 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 neighbour.
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; 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 the moments that take our breath away.
If you don’t recommend this to at least 8 people….Who cares?
George Carlin
How true this is!
From the above, it is easy to understand how the pressures of life on most of us, including the rich and famous, can cause so much misery, depression and discontent.
I believe that if we can all follow these recommendations, the problem of depression in the world will diminish considerably. Here is a complimentary quote:-
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
- Leo Buscaglia
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December 4th, 2007 at 9:42 am
This truly represents some very sobering thoughts from a person who is such a well known comedian. Perhaps we should take most of this on board and see how much our lives will change for the better.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:48 am
The complimentary quote at the bottom of this post would also appear to be appropriate at the bottom of the Health Hugs post.
January 6th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
George Carlin did not write this. He even says so on his official website. This is a hoax.
January 7th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Ok, I’ll subtract one from infinity (again). This was NOT written by George Carlin.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Thank you Ray and Matt for drawing this to my attention.
It appears that you cannot trust anybody nowadays; not even me.
At least I made my mistake by giving credit in good faith to George Carlin as he was the person attributed to writing the comments in the material that I received.
Now I wonder who was the true author of the article. Whoever it was, he, or she, provided an interesting view of life that promotes some inward thinking.
If anybody knows the answer I would be very grateful to be informed of the source of the original quotation.
I am about to write another article and include a quote that I suspect may not be from the person attributed to writing it as I have heard several versions of this “oldie but goody.” Perhaps I should say, “author unknown?”
January 7th, 2008 at 11:42 am
“Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent…and so very appropriate.”
As it turns out, via the expert detective work by Ray and Matt, George Carlin did not write this piece of writing. Having said that I feel that there are quite a few good points within it. I personally would not be ashamed to have written such material.
I also love the attitude shown by John for admitting his mistake, albeit unintentional. What we should realize is that the content is still mostly very good.
January 7th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
As has been pointed out, nothing wrong with the ideas, but I think someone has collected and rephrased all of these “warm fuzzies,” so there is no single person that could be credited with the authorship of these things. The fact that it wasn’t done by Carlin is obvious, there’s not a single explitive in the 28 lines attributed to him.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Who gives a shit? It’s a nice read anyways. Why does everyone have to “need to know where it came from and who wrote it?”
January 9th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Who wrote it and/or whether the poem is a collection of nuggets isn’t as important as what it contains. Very poignant indeed.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:37 am
I agree with petunia and Diplomat about the value of the source of the article or quote.
It seems somewhat irrevelent and is usually only added as a matter of courtesy, or possibly to prevent being accused of plagiarism. The content is most important and on this occasion it was certainly thought provoking irrespective of who may have originally penned it.
To much emphasis on minor details has been known to lead to bouts of depression.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Dr. Bob Moorehead of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church wrote this. It is named “The Paradox of our Age”. It was in “Words Aptly Spoken” published in 1995.
January 29th, 2008 at 11:41 am
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January 31st, 2008 at 10:15 am
Thank you Dr Moorehead for setting the record straight about the original title and origin of this article.
June 10th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I have the view that depression is a disease which comes from total identification with one’s thoughts and emotions and have found teachings like that of Eckhart Tolle to help me recover. What do you think?
May 26th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Wow, I never new that, much appreciated.
June 11th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
These are mostly the words of HH the Dalai Lama, a poem called “the paradox of our age”:
We have bigger houses but smaller families;
More conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
More knowledge, but less judgment;
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 than 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…
September 18th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Thank You, John, for the great post! I never liked (never knew good enough) George Carlin. Now there is a good reason to read him.