woooww...it's so amazing wisdom...very like it....

I would love to do something like this, excellent experience and opportunity really to step back and reevaluate life in general. then come back and look at things with a different perspective which is helpful in so many ways :) cheers! great post

Great coverage! The "seven generations" message was delivered loud and clear by the Standing Rock water protectors. Left a big impression on my heart, witnessing the ways the people there have cared so deeply for the wellbeing of our waters for centuries (in the past) and for centuries (into the future). I filmed a short documentary about this during the peak of the Standing Rock Movement last Fall. Here's a bit:
https://youtu.be/AlDWIUHIj54

I got real emotional while reading through this quote...'Things work when people are planting trees that they will never live to enjoy the shade of. We need to plant trees for the 7 generations to come, even if we do not live to benefit from those trees.'  Just to let you know, in Nigeria, the opppsite is the càse.

Beautiful... number 7. The last on the list is self 👍 This list is so true to my values and even more so now as a mother.  I so badly want a healthy world for all our children and there children and there children to come. Thank you for sharing this. ❤ I also love that food is the top of the list growing our own food and sharing it is so crucial.

> Start by getting to know your neighbors
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> Create gardens
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> Feed one another

Yes, this is the Hope if we can collectively create it!  And such simple steps to helping heal this world.  We don't need to really do anything extreme, the solutions to our problems are not out of reach.  These are solutions anyone has the power to initiate.   

I ***really*** appreciate that you take the time to share with us, the wisdom and knowledge you are gaining from these beautiful, noble people.  Thank you so much @anwenbaumeister.

Such a fascinating concept to live by :
>Each decision should take into account the 7 generations to come.
Live by a 300 year plan.

Over the past few years we have been planting trees here on our land. 11,000 now. What was once well trimmed sheep pasture is now just beginning its journey to forest.

I know I will not live to see it beyond its infancy but I know I have changed this small piece of the landscape of Wales. Every time a satellite passes over taking a new image for Google Earth I can feel happy that I have made what it sees below a little better for nature than the last time it came this way.

My children will hopefully live to see the forest on its way through puberty, and then their children in turn will see it begin to reach its adult splendour.

Towering above my baby forest is a [mighty oak that I have just remeasured today to find that it is around 260 years old](https://steemit.com/nature/@pennsif/the-trees-of-my-land-1-the-mighty-oak-quercus-robur). Not quite 7 generations perhaps but it has watched over every generation of my ancestors that have lived here since the house was built in 1799.

I hope some of my 500 new warriors of oak will go on to guide the next 7 generations of my family. That will be my legacy.

You got my vote and a resteem :]

Reminds me of a quote from Confucius:
>If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice.
If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees.
If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.

Long term thinking is indeed what we all need. We all need to realize that we are only part of continuing story of the human race and that it doesn't end with us. Our purpose is to add our piece so that the next generation to come has better opportunities than we had. 

Unfortunately, in our generation,  we live an individual existence. Everything starts and ends with us. In order to obtain the almighty dollar, we no longer care what happens in the future. Everything is about today's profit. What's worst, few see the danger in this. 

I love the take on planting a tree not for us, but for our children's children. It is a start that can break into all of daily activities.