These past weeks I've had need to think about the future and I specifically use the word "need" because I deem it quite important to consider and work towards. That's not to say I obsess about it however I certainly think about it, how I'd like it to be personally which is partially within in my control, and generally which is largely outside of my control. The aim is to create a better one.
A long time ago someone who was in a leadership position over me told me about the importance of working on behalf of those who would come after us and through that could come a deep sense of personal happiness and contentment; I never forgot that to this day and while I'm but a drop in the ocean compared to the billions of others on the planet I try to be my best self and work productively for the future of everyone in some small manner.
Part of that is working around a code, a set of ideals that I hold personally and which developed over my life through experiences, influences and just as part of who I am; those influences have come from many sources including my parents, mostly very good ones, and I see that as them doing what I'm trying to do now for me when I was developing as a younger child.
I don't know how many future generations there'll be or how long we'll have a life-sustaining planet beneath our feet; the way we treat each other and the planet is quite terrible and wasteful, but I know that should more of us live now but think to the future we'd have a greater chance of a better future for a time to come at least.