There is a Native American Proverb that says:

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children"

At first I didn't understand the meaning of this proverb, but after letting it sink in the meaning hit me. I took from it the idea that the earth temperarily might be ours, but our life is so small in comparison to what comes after us. I think by children they mean the following generations not just the immediate one. I agree with this proverb because we need to take care of our fragile planet because really soon it's not going to be ours anymore, once we're gone it's our childrens' forever.

I made the connection of this proverb to the issue of global warming. It's not my generation that started it, but the ones that came before us, but now we're the ones who have to deal with it. Below is a link to this commercial that really makes you stop and think. It really emphasizes the idea of how we're "borrowing this world from our children" so we need to take care of it. And when you think about it, if you borrow someone's sweater your not going to return all dirty and torn up....so why are we doing it to our planet if it's not going to be ours in a couple years?