{"id":2611,"date":"2021-02-06T08:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T08:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2021-02-06T08:56:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T08:56:40","slug":"what-will-you-tell-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/what-will-you-tell-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"<span>What Will You Tell The Future?<\/span><span>Liz Jensen<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Will You Tell The Future?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oe1nD8NjBro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>A year ago, my son Rapha\u00ebl Coleman, aka #IggyFox, died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart condition. Here\u2019s what I have learned, and what he taught me.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Even in the most crushing grief, we are hard-wired to survive. The moment a human heart is broken, microscopic seeds of new life begin to germinate.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>This is your new life. This is Future You. You won\u2019t feel their growth for a long time, but they are there. Trust it.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>There are many ways to live well. But the most powerful is to cherish, protect and nurture the most precious thing of all: life on the only planet we have.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As a wildlife biologist living in an era of biological annihilation, that\u2019s what Fox did,\u00a0<b>campaigning to his last breath to save creatures and habitats on the brink of extermination.\u00a0<\/b>And it brought him what so many people seek in this darkening century: a sense of meaning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He didn\u2019t live to see all that can and must be done, but he pictured it vividly. And he believed in the power of ordinary human beings to effect the paradigm shift that is now beginning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In one of his notebooks I found these words, written in the year before his death.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201c Nothing has ever inspired me so powerfully. Nothing has ever given me so much hope or such a sense of purpose. Nothing has been so clear to me as these visions that I have for the future.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I call them visions, because unlike hope or dreams they feel solid, tangible, traceable, catchable, possible, achievable \u2013 reality in the making.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What I am planning is nothing short of revolution. What I\u2019m expecting is an entirely new era for humanity and the entirety of life on Earth. But I\u2019m not foolish enough to think that this can be done alone.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While people are the source of the endless destruction we must put a stop to, they are also the key to reaching our goals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So spark, shelter, and nurture the flame of passion until it roars. That energy, that power, can be harnessed to change the world&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Perhaps we\u2019ll reach this brave new world in a decade, perhaps we\u2019ll still be moving towards that long after I\u2019m dead. But I know it doesn\u2019t matter whether I\u2019m here or gone.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What matters is that we keep moving on until we get there. When the light leaves my eyes, and I pass on, do not weep for me, for I am not dead&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>All that I ever was and ever will be lies in the flame of passion that consumed me. The same flame that burns in all those who believe in what I believed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u2019ll not be dead until my dream is. I\u2019ll not fade away until my vision does. I\u2019ll not be gone until all my hopes are.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If his words stir you, please share this message. And if moves you to action, join the movement to shape COP by signing up to Writers Rebel&#8217;s newsletter <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g5VN1H\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, my son Rapha\u00ebl Coleman, aka #IggyFox, died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart condition. Here\u2019s what I have learned, and what he taught me. Even in the most crushing grief, we are hard-wired to survive. The moment a human heart is broken, microscopic seeds of new life begin to germinate. 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