<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350661" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Let's demonstrate we are civilized in the real sense</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tilling of land <br>The finding of the use of fire <br>The discovery of wheel <br>The advent of metal usage <br>Marked the way for<br>Civilization <br>And we have been <br>Civilizing ourselves <br>Since then <br>Our ways of living improved <br>Generations after generations <br>Our comfort level kept increasing <br>We are at such a peak<br>That a peak further ahead <br>Looks impossible <br>But we are yet to be <br>Civilized in the real sense <br>As we have no regard<br>For the resources we use up <br>And consume so much<br>That many of us run short <br>And we have no clue as to <br>Whether our future generations <br>Will have at least a taste of <br>What all we have consumed<br>And we say we are developing <br>Each second <br>We are termed more and more developed <br>The more we devour the resources <br>Minding not whether something left <br>For others, leave alone for generations ahead </div><div style="margin:10px 0">God said <br>Be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth <br>He, probably, meant <br>Stay in comfort <br>Generate fruits, grains, vegetables and other edibles <br>Eat well <br>Ensure the continuity of the human race<br>By multiplying in number <br>And make sure<br>To replenish the earth <br>For its continued and uninterrupted support </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We are fruitful <br>We grow grains <br>Develop farms <br>We are multiplying ourselves <br>Some of us in dangerous proportions <br>But <br>Are we replenishing the earth <br>No way <br>We are not sending back anything to the earth <br>With which she can support living blocks <br>What we send back to the earth <br>All rubbish<br>And some of them<br>Even remain a challenge<br>For the earth to digest and assimilate <br>Some of them are threatening <br>Life support systems <br>Which, the earth developed <br>Over millions of years </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let us examine the way we live <br>Let us check the wastes we generate <br>Let us demonstrate <br>We are civilized in the real sense <br>With a farsightedness that will <br>Help future generations <br>Enjoy living the same way we do. <br>If not better</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350661" data-title="Let's demonstrate we are civilized in the real sense de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="The tilling of land The finding of the use of fire The discovery of wheel The advent of metal usage Marked the way for Civilization And we have been Civilizing ourselves Since then Our ways of living improved Generations after generations..."></div> </div> </div>

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