These are not my words. I stole them from a book by Diana Butler Bass, who got them off of You Tube. But in the climate of today’s political and cultural upheaval, and with an election looming, too many of us have become jaded and lost hope in the future. This helped me come back to center.
You know the drill. Please read all the way to the bottom and follow directions.
I am part of a lost generation
And I refuse to believe
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within”
Is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy”
So, in thirty years I will tell my children
They are not the most important thing in my life.
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
Work
Is more important than
family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
But this will not be true in my era.
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of my divorce.
I do not concede that
I will live in the country of my own making.
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm.
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about the earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope.
And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.
Now, read this backwards.