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[camrogers]

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."





*bong*

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[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

What does that mean? We are better when we create a world for "our children"?

To be completely reductive, I thought of it more along the lines of "Clean up after yourself", or "Contribute."

[damien-wise.livejournal.com]

To me, this saying is about having the wisdom and foresight to selflessly create something good that others will benefit from -- even if you don't expect a short-term benefit, or to even be around for the payoff.
It's also about trust and letting-go. After you kick-of something on that timeline, you've gotta let others tend for it.

It's the antithesis to modern politics, especially the neocon flavour.

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

That's precisely why it struck a chord with me, actually. Nothing to do with kids at all.