Lance Fox
More Messages to the Future
Dear Tomorrow,
I promise to turn old shirts into produce bags.
To my dear children in the year 2050,
I don’t wish to go backwards, but I do wish we would slow down and design our brave new world with more care.
BATMAN SAYS, “LISTEN!”
How can I help you save the world and our country?
Dear residents of Bedminster, Bristol UK,
We hope we did enough
To the generation after mine,
But when you encounter that resistance–and you will, regularly–know that you must respond just how we have had to these past 50 years. With love, and sternness, and most of all, courage. Because that is what the resistance fears the most. We who came before you promise that we will do the same while we wait for you. Know that you will never be alone.
Jeremy M,
My promise is to work to protest carbon emissions.
Dear Isaiah,
I am grateful for your soul, for your creativity, for your empathy. All these are precious treasures that you have to offer the world. They will help. I thank you for being in this world right now, so that you can offer these gifts at a time of transition.
Dear Ya’Ash,
There are many paths to Truth, but regardless of your faith or ideology, one truth is above all else: Life must continue.
Dear Me of 2050,
I promise that I will plant more trees in places where there are none.
Dear Erica and Matthew,
I want you to be able to bring your kids to Tahoe and experience the same clarity that you had as a child.
Dear Tomorrow,
I promise to become more educated on the global issues that face populations I can’t see
To what we’ve overcome.
The first step would be in overcoming ourselves. Because whether we end up fading into obscurity, or thriving in prosperity, we will overcome ourselves.
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