It is Father's Day in 2015 and I am just 62 years old. I want to share a couple of things that I have been thinking about First, I have loved being a father. However, being a grandfather expands that love in ways that may be difficult to imagine. In fact, with each successive generation (as if by some miracle) my love for you grows exponentially. Perhaps, that's because you carry our (mine, my parent's, my grandparent's and my great grandparent's) collective hopes and dreams with you forward into eternity. Or perhaps, this is because each generation is a cumulative of each prior generation, making love all inclusive.
Recently, I have let go of some of my long held beliefs about what is important. There was a time when I believed that having a brand new car, a new house, a new vacation or another guitar were the most important things. Now, I realize it is you, my dears, who are the most important.
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Many years ago as a boy scout, I learned a wilderness camping principle, the idea of leaving things in better shape than how we have found them. This principle is called “Leave No Trace”. For me, "Leave No Trace" must be applied to our little, blue planet. We can return the world to a condition that is better from any point of view, than how we had found it. We must do this because it is my generation's legacy to your grandparents, your parents, and to you. As you may know, the world as it is in 2015 is not a suitable gift for anyone’s great grandchildren. However, I am beginning to find people who are committed to working together to answer the hard questions and to find ways to return this planet into a suitable condition for you and your loved-one's lives. I believe these conditions will evolve along with a number of important actions.
These ways are reflected by some recent ideas including: micro-finance, conscious capitalism, sharing economy, re-wilding and many more. I am committed to working towards the conditions needed to prepare a better world for you and everyone’s great grandchildren.
No one can do this alone, only all of us can.
Please, know that I Love you more than you can ever fully realize.
great granddad Bruce Wayne McLellan
We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - David Brower
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