Step lightly
To do as little harm
As we step forward
In a world teeming with life
Time and the forces of nature
May erase some of our former steps
But there are more than 7 billion of us
Ever stepping forward
Ever the desire
Ever the need for more
Our footprints become heavier
As we mar the ground beneath our feet
Ever harming more living things
Those that are not us
The steps of the past are still there
If we look behind
It is to our next steps
To our children, and to theirs’
To learn
To teach
To step lightly
And do as little harm
In a world teeming with life
For it shouldn’t be only about us
antilandscaper 
Nice. 🙂 When I saw ‘footprint’ I figured sand because we sure don’t have any snow.
Amazing!
a beautiful
meaningful
expression
for our descendant’s
future 🙂
Wow man that is one of the best posts on the topic that I have seen for a long time. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for the year, I have enjoyed your blog. Happy Christmas, John (Suchled)
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Step lightly
To do as little harm
As we step forward
In a world teeming with life
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Time and the forces of nature
May erase some of our former steps
But there are more than 7 billion of us
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Ever stepping forward
Ever the desire
Ever the need for more
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Our footprints become heavier
As we mar the ground beneath our feet
Ever harming more living things
Those that are not us
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The steps of the past are still there
If we look behind
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It is to our next steps
To our children, and to theirs’
To learn
To teach
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To step lightly
And do as little harm
In a world teeming with life
For it shouldn’t be only about us
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Wonderful message, excellent photos….
I was a preschool teacher many, many years ago.
One day, we were all outside sitting near a tree…and I was reading a children’s book.
Suddenly, a little boy said: “Teacher! Do you know if we are hurting the grass?”
What?”
“When we sit on the grass, does it make the grass cry?”
I had to think about that for a minute. What an interesting question!
Even though I didn’t have all the answers, I did my best everyday to teach the children to be kind to the world around them.
http://storieswithnobooks.com/2012/05/18/tolerance/