It's been wonderful.

I wonder if millions of years ago there was human life on Mars. Big cities. And things went awry. And, of course, there's no visible trace of what once existed. The atmosphere has long since disappeared. Everything. Even all the rivers. All the oceans. When conditions were ripe for life on Mars, Earth was uninhabitable. But it all changed with time. And some day, Earth will look much like the Mars of today. No trace of what once was. Or maybe here on Earth, we are already on our 2nd or 3rd go-around of life. Each civilization wrecked what it had. And nature eventually restored life. I think that anything we can imagine is possible. Life. Consciousness. Awareness. The sense of love and wonder. It's all extraordinary. Just this very moment in time. And our place in it. Wow! If this moment is all I have -- it's been wonderful. --Jim Broede