Everything we do will be most drastically experienced by the next generation

Become the Blessed Saint of your future self

The life that you’re currently living was made by your past self.

The life that your future self will live is currently being made by you now.

A FF student told me that, in nutrition, there is no good or bad, only consequences.

The consequences for the same action may be different for different people, like eating bread if you’re gluten tolerant or intolerant. But the consequences of what you decide to eat will be borne by Future You.

Same with saving, investing, and spending. I’m financially independent because a younger Douglas saved half his income for me.

The future generations will live with the carbon you do or do not expel. Future You will live on the income you are currently saving and investing for them.

What would we do if we understood that everything we do will be most drastically experienced by the next generation?

become the source that makes
the river flow, and then the sea
beyond. Live in this place
as you were meant to and then,
surprised by your abilities,
become the ancestor of it all,
the quiet, robust and blessed Saint
that your future happiness
will always remember.

- David Whyte