how did humans become their own worst enemies?

Call me weird if you like, but HOW DID HUMANS BECOME THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES?

We live in an era where things have been made simpler, better and faster – would you not agree? With the logic behind it, you would think that this would lead to better functioning relations between human... dosn't look like thats happening.

Think about it....

Consider this:

INSTANT MEALS/EATING OUT – Nowadays, there is no need for the woman (or even the man) to spend hours in the kitchen prepairing a meal for a family. She dosnt even need to be in the kitchen at all sometimes with the wonder of the refrigerator. Good thing yes. Now she can have more time to take car of other chores. Cleaning the house... ahh wait, we have the VerimarkGenesis to help her out. So that chore time is cut by half. Now she will spend more time doing the washing... ah ahh wait, we have a washing machine for that now and so it goes with all the other time consuming things that we have o do on a daily basis... so it makes perfect sense to know use the time saved for all the other things that you say you have always wanted to do – like spend time with the kids, the partner and family... but do you?

With all this time we say we save, it worries me to think that we have also become the busiest that we have ever been in all human history. We seem to always be out there want to acquire more. We work MORE hours so that we can get paid MORE so that we can get MORE and afford MORE and hope that this will bring us MORE happy and MORE approval (from peers and family) and MORE and MORE and MORE and it just never stops...

I say we are becoming our own worst enemy cause it seems like with the quest to make life better, we have made it worse by making it more focussed on the superficial things. When was the last time you stopped to smell the flowers? Or even have lunch with a good old friend? When last did you sit and chat with your sibling? I feel like we are losing that all to important human element.

Was interesting to see an old yet interesting habit that my grandmother in the rural areas still does. When they meet on the street (cause everybody walks everywhere), they stop and take time to greet. Everyone knows everyone there. Or maybe even if passing a house and there are grown people sitting outside in their sight, they stop, greet and ask how everyone is doing.

Tell me – do you know the people that live next door to you? Do you know all their kids – by name? Would you know if the neighbour’s wife was sick or even if she had something bad happen to her?

These days, we are so busy getting more that we actually end up with nothing.

this is also not exactly doing much to help us as we may imagine (in a the less you know the less you worry kind of way). look at the up comming generations, they have no idea as how to hold, keep or even start succesful human realtions. they are rude and obnoxious. they fail to understand the concept of loyality and trust and it shows... the cracks are getting bigger and bigger.

the fellow feeling element is too very fine. these days we cant even help eachother out without wanting something in return. what about the way that, without even batting an eyelid, we can brake each other down with no regard what so ever. through gossip or violations... to this generation - our generation, it s all the same. its a shame really...

i for one am disaponted

signed
G-o-T