在历史上，我们这个时代是自相矛盾的时代。我们拥有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气；我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更狭隘的观点；我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少；我们购买得更多，却享受得更少。
我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小；便利越来越多，时间却越来越少；学位越来越多，理性却越来越少；知识越来越多，观点却越来越少；专家越来越多，问题也越来越多；药物越来越多，福利却越来越少。
我们饮酒过量，花钱无度，笑得太少，开车太快，易怒，熬夜，赖床，书读得越来越少，电视看得越来越多，却很少向上帝祈祷。
我们常常夸夸其谈，却很少付出爱心，而且常常心中充满了仇恨。我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何生活。我们延长了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限。
我们登上了月球，并成功返回，却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的内心；我们做了更大的事情，却不是更好的事情。
我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂；我们分离了原子，却无法驱除我们的偏见；我们写得更多，学到的却更少；我们的计划更多，完成的却更少。
我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何等待；我们的收入越来越高，道德水平却越来越低。
我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，却减少了交流；数量增多，质量下降。
这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的离婚率；有更精美的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。
这个时代有了快速旅游，一次性尿布，却抛弃了道德，一夜情、超重的身体、兴奋剂、镇静剂和可以用于谋杀的药品。我们将走向何方……？
如果我们明天就死掉，我们供职的公司可能会在一天内很轻易地找人代替我们的位置。但是当我们离开家人后，他们的余生将会在失落中度过。
考虑一下吧，我们将自己的时间更多地投入到工作中，而放弃与家人在一起的时光，实在并非明智之举。
这篇文章的主旨是什么呢？？？
不要工作得太辛苦，你知道家的全称吗？
家＝爸爸妈妈，我爱你们。
Extremes
It has been so bitterly cold here in Pennsylvania.
I can‘t remember a winter being as cold as this， but I’m sure there were colder days.
Even though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute， it’s easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must， but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things.
People I speak to have been in all kinds of nasty moods. They say they‘re “under the weather，” not feeling good about this time of year.
As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday， it was so cold that my nose and face felt crisp and my ears were stinging.
Of course， that doesn’t matter to Ricky and Lucy. They have a routine they must go through to find just the right spot no matter how cold or hot it is.
So I wait.
But this time it was different. As cold as it was， I suddenly was invigorated thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was.
Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer’s scorching hot days flashed through my mind. I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon， sweat pouring down my brow and the hot， burning sun against my face. I reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat.
I was right.
Two extremes in my life that most of the time I find uncomfortable. I normally dread them and gripe about it all the way through.
But today I was grateful for them. Without the extremes in my life， I would never appreciate the days when things were just right. Without the extremes life would be boring.
It’s being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle more. Health challenges reminds us that we need to pay more attention to how we live. Financial extremes remind us that when things are in excess it’s time to tuck away for when the times are lean.
So bring on the cold so I appreciate the heat more.
Make me sweat on a hot summer’s day so I wish I had a handful of snow to rub my face in.
I‘ve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that moment.
Whether it’s hot or cold， good health or bad， in the money or out of it， I always wanted it to be different.
But no more. I want to start finding a reason to be happy right where I am. Even if it’s simply the fact that I‘m alive.
I’m tired of being “Under the Whether！”