We are all gatekeepers for the future. Every…..single…..one…..of…..us. Each of us has been handed a set of keys for the days ahead by the great, omnipotent overseer of the Universe(s), and it is then our responsibility to guard and maintain this temporal piece of property with the utmost respect and decorum, just as those who came before us struggled to do so for our sake. But it seems in these current trying times not everyone is up to the task. Some fall considerably short of the mark, and others don’t even realize there is a mark—that with the preternatural gift of life comes an attendant responsibility. A responsibility to future generations, certainly. A responsibility to the planet we call home. A responsibility to the other co-inhabitants of this small celestial globe. A responsibility to those in near proximity to us, as well as to those who reside on the other side of town, on the other side of the state, on the other side of the country, and on the other side of the world. And mostly a paramount responsibility to oneself, yes, to that person staring back at you from the bathroom mirror each and every morning of the week. Do what is right and moral—And your heart in the end will unfailingly tell you what is right and moral!—and then you will never have to fret about disappointment and shrinking away from that reflection in the mirror.
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