Everything you do reverberates throughout a thousand destinies. As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Your actions ripple through time, shaping the paths your descendants will follow.
- In plain terms
- What you do today changes the future for those who come after you.
- What can you take from it?
- Your choices shape the future riverbed for your descendants.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What legacy do you want to leave?
- How do your actions affect others?
Another view
We cannot fully control how future generations interpret our actions.
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