I got this in my email.... I've not verified if it really is from a Columbine student but even if it is not it is worth thinking about.


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Valuable food for thought. Doesn't it really come down to just caring...

We think our younger generation never notices anything, but in truth, they
notice more than we as adults do, and they notice and understand more than
what we want to admit they do. A Columbine student wrote this, very
compelling thesis:

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 it less. 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 medicine, but less wellness.

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, but not life to our
years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble
crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space,
but not inner space; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've
split the atom, but not prejudice. We have higher incomes, but lower morals;
we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of tall men and short character; steep profits and
shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic
warfare, more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but
broken homes. It is time when there is much in the show 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 make a difference...or just hit delete.

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