Comments on: Take the time. Life is short – George Carlin

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:15:30 +0000

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.

By: marion

marion — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:17:18 +0000

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…

By: Keenan Lautzenheiser

Keenan Lautzenheiser — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:18:44 +0000

Wow, I never new that, much appreciated.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:14:23 +0000

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?

By: John

John — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:15:18 +0000

Thank you Dr Moorehead for setting the record straight about the original title and origin of this article.

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Beat Your Depression | Time management and stress and depression — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:41:00 +0000

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By: DB3

DB3 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:19:53 +0000

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.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:37:11 +0000

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.

By: Diplomat

Diplomat — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:35:53 +0000

Who wrote it and/or whether the poem is a collection of nuggets isn’t as important as what it contains. Very poignant indeed.

By: petunia

petunia — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:28:39 +0000

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?”