Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments¹（气质，性情） and narrower points of view; 

We spend more,but enjoy less; 

We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies; 

We have more compromises,but less time; 

We have more knowledge,but less judgment; 

We have more medicines,but less health; 

We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out 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 and meet our neighbors; 

We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space; 

We have highter income,but less morals; 

These are times with more liberty,but less joy; 

We have much more food,but less nutrition; 

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase; 

These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes; 

That's why I propose,that as 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 porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs; 

Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love; 

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment²; not only about survival; 

Use your crystal goblets³. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it. 

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like "one of these days" or "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,and every minute is special; 

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

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