Native American Belief - PhillyBlog

rickdogood · #1 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 04:53 PM

Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.

rgranter · #2 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by rickdogood

Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.

Hmm, thought provoking

whatagain · #3 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 09:53 AM

I'll be dead by then.

rickdogood · #4 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by whatagain

I'll be dead by then.

but will your children? We are the stewards of their inhertance

rickdogood · #5 (**permalink**) 08-17-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rickdogood

Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.

Will we be able to return it as good or better
than when we borrowed it from them.