How timely

I've been thinking about time today.

When you look at the history of the planet, the earth has been chugging away, from its formation out of the gas and dust of interstellar space, which culminated some 5 billion years ago, right up to the present.

The last one million years represents only one five-thousandth (0.002%) of the history of the earth. Humans? They don't appear until 100,000 years ago. All of mankind's recorded history (the last 5000 years or so) represents only one millionth (0.00001%) of earth's existence.

Geezzzzzzzzzzzz. Can I get that?
Not really. Can't imagine time in billions or millions.

So when we look at our own lives whether we live to be 5 or 105 years...........it's really not very long no matter which it is- relative to planetary time. So when we feel like we are missing those who have gone from us...truth is...we aren't going to be separated from them for all that long. We'll be joining them soon enough.. in a decade or maybe a few. A blink in time separates our life experiences. Really just a tiny blink. Wouldn't it be great if we chose to live at our highest and best during our extra gift of time? Will we choose to live it at it's fullest or piddle it away?