Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,

but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view.

We spent more, but enjoy less.

We have bigger houses, but smaller families.

We have more compromises, but less time.

We have more knowledge, but less judgment.

We have more medicines, but less health.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.

We reached the Moon and came back,

but we find it troublesome to cross our own street to meet our neighbours.

We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space.

We have higher income, but less morals.

These are the times with more liberty, but less joy.

We have more food, but less nutrition.

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each house,

but divorces increases.

These are the times of finer houses, but more broken homes.

That's why I propose, that of today . . .

You do not keep anything for a special occasion,

because every day that you live is a special occasion.

Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch

and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.

Spend more time with your family and friends,

eat your favourite foods, visit the places you love.

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival.

Use your crystal goblets.

Do not save your best perfume,

instead use it every time you feel you want it.

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like

"one of these days" and "someday".

Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days".

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them.

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.

Every day, every hour, every minute is special.

And you don't know if it will be your last.

Author Unknown