We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours; the earth is in balance.

Al Gore
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The decision of how to invest one’s time is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. When you are young, you are given the world. As you grow older, your options are much more limited. The choices you make now will affect the future for people who will come after you.

You can choose to work hard to achieve your dreams, or you can simply continue being lazy and not care about what happens to others after your lifetime. Whether your life is long or short, it all depends on your choices about how you invest your time.

Source: Earth In The Balance: Ecology And The Human Spirit

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