What are you doing to be significant, not just successful?

Question

The Paradox of our Time 

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 and 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 drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, 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 the new neighbor. 

We've 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 split 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 have less communication. 

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; 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 days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. 

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw-away 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 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 share this insight, or to just hit delete.

Anonym · Accepted Answer

I stay at home as I'm disabled.  So...I don't really feel successful.  I feel significant because I keep a clean house, I have suppers fixed and on the table for my husband who works so hard.  I believe in God and I have the joy of knowing the time spent on this earth is just a dot of time compared to eternity in heaven!!!!  I feel good about being able to try and help people on this QandA board.  Not that I think I'm great, I just like trying to help people if I feel I can.  When we go out, I smile at every person I see (I hate when they just look the other way!), I hold doors open for people, I'll let someone go ahead of me in line if they have a few things, etc.  None of this is earth shaking, but it's just how I show I'm glad I'm alive and how I can be a light in this dark world for Jesus.

Betty B · Answer

I think Dr. Bob Moorehead wrote that (you should cite your source when quoting somebody).
Incidentally, Dr. Moorehead, a former pastor of Seattle's Overlake Christian Church was found guilty of molesting kids.

I think the Paradox of our Time is a little biased. 

Also what does the size of buildings has to do with short tempers?

You could argue a lot of points, like “more medicine, but less wellness”. What about the families of yesterday who had to have as many children as they could (before the mother died in childbirth) since half of them would die in childhood diseases? 80 years ago, if one of your classmate did not show up at school, it was really no big deal, just death showing up and not being stopped by vaccines.
And all the people dying right and left in a horrible manner (Henry VIII) from venereal disease or infection, before we had antibiotics?
I’m glad to live in my time, with access to medical tests that might save my life, I can even go to the dentist for regular cleanings so I don’t have to have any rotten tooth pulled out at the fair with no anesthetics.

I’m also glad I live in a developed country and I’m not afraid of any hordes of barbarians coming from the East to ransack my village…(like some parts of Africa, right now). 

Do you think people in the past did not drink too much, stay up late and got angry too quickly? Yeah…right…they drank moderately, respected their bedtime and got angry in a slow manner???
Also I’d rather watch too much TV than not have the time because I have to work like a slave from sunrise to sundown.

I’m grateful for electricity and running water, all the things one might take for granted.

Believe me, there are still people is this world who are good, happy people. They recycle, they love their family and their friends, they know their neighbors, they spend wisely and do not really care about possessions. They help the less fortunate, they respect the speed limit while driving, they try to grow old gracefully with a good diet and an active life, they learn new things everyday and yes…they might watch too much TV (but only the good programs).

What am I doing to be significant, not just successful? Just trying to be like those people.

Anonym · Answer

I create organizations and fund them from behind the scenes. I also fund causes I think are worthy. I have Internet sites spreading the word and sounding the alarm and I fund others. I spread racism, hate, anti-jewism ( I am not a big Semite hater since most Semites hate the same enemy I do -jews) love, Natural Hygiene, investing advice, buisness advice, survival skills,  my research on important subjects, other knowledge, and important information. I raise my children properly.

JustAsking · Answer

*thumbs up*

I rather like that quote. Are you asking people this as a question or just posting this? What am I doing to be signifigant? Well... I am researching apologetics and sharing what I learn. That's one thing. I'm volunteering... hmm. I do admit I could do more...   

Good question.

balloon buster · Answer

Paradoxically, I am continuing the work of Harry Seldon and integrating it with the Kondratieff business cycle. If you know of Harry Seldon, if you think about it, you know why I say this is a paradox.
"If you raise children believing something can be done, they will try to do it."

Anonym · Answer

Interesting, did you originally write that?

It's all true. Ever dream about getting back to tribal life? I have, I often dream of a life like that.

? · Answer

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What are you doing to be significant, not just successful?

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