We Do Not Inherit The Land From Our Ancestors, We Borrow It From Our Children - Native American Proverb

We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American Proverb.

Do you own a home, some land, a farm, a forest?  Do you feel you have the right to do anything you want with that land?  Do you feel you have the right to burn it, poison it, pollute it, or do other things to make it worthless for decades or centuries to come?  Will you own that land forever?  Of course you will not. At best, you can only own it while you live, then you have no control over what happens to that land, even if you try to stipulate what happens to that land in your will.  Don't count on the living to respect the wishes of the dead when the wishes of the dead don't benefit or harm the living.

Since you won't own your land for ever, you are borrowing it.  You are the gardener and caretaker of the land.  The future is counting on you not to destroy it and not to take it away from future people.  Are you strong enough, mature enough, and human enough to leave the land better than you found it?

If You Are Not Failing Sometimes, You Are Not Trying Very Hard.

If you are not failing sometimes, you are not trying very hard.

Are you living a timid life, or are you getting the most out of life while you can?  Could you accomplish more than you are currently accomplishing?  How will you know unless you push yourself?  And how will you know if you are close to your peak potential if you don't occasionally push yourself past your limits?  How otherwise, will you know what your limits are?

We Will Be Forever Known By The Tracks We Leave - Native American proverb

"We will be forever known by the tracks we leave" - Native American proverb.

How will you be remembered?  What legacy of actions and deeds will you leave behind?  How will the world be different for your passage?

GE and Westinghouse about to Get Their Way At The Expense of All Americans – Thanks to Trump

A few large companies, notably GE and Westinghouse, are behind the push to reduce energy efficiency in the United States because these businesses still make profits selling outdated technology.  They have successfully tricked Trump into believing that their ability to produce old technology bulbs is better for the country than stable power grids, cost savings for individuals, and reductions in global warming.

How did they convince Trump to do this?  It is easy, like so many people that are anti-liberal, they believe that any government regulations must be bad.  They have been preached to by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck for decades that all regulation is evil, and they now accept that as truth.

The results of the rollback of regulations about efficient light bulbs means the following:

• A few large businesses will make a little more profit.  These are billion dollar businesses that often pay no taxes due to tax loopholes.
• Individuals can save some money at the store by buying cheaper light bulbs.
• But those same individuals will pay more money in electricity bills because incandescent bulbs require much more electricity.
• Our power grids are more likely to experience black outs due to increased energy demands.
• Our country must expend more resources, dollars and energy, to produce the increased electricity required to power the inefficient bulbs.
• Global warming will increase more because of the increase in energy consumption.

It is so sad to see the resources of the world squandered so that a few individuals may make a short term profit.

https://appliance-standards.org/sites/default/files/Fact_Sheet_Who_Opposes_DOE_Light_Bulb_Rollback_Final1.pdf