I saw a special about a post-apocalyptic world, where humans had suddenly gone extinct. Nature began growing and overtook everything that humans had made, and destroyed most of it in abou 150 years. By that point, all of the polution we had put into the air has been depleted to nothing, through nature's ingenuity.
A lot of people are afraid of the apocalypse. I can admit that I was looking forward to it - its sounds like such an adventure, trying to stay alive for as long as possible in a world like that. After seeing this though, I've got different reasons. I think I could be at peace with an apocalypse, even with all the stuff I have not accomplished yet. If I could somehow contribute to the world reverting back to how it should be, before us humans messed it up? If I had to die for that to happen, I think I would be ok with it. There is more to this planet than just me, and humans are NOT the most or only important lifeforce on this planet.
Perhaps if our planet was without humans, long enough for it to go back to its beautiful splendor, in hundreds of thousands of years, humans would evolve again. Maybe they would be different. Maybe we would get a second chance. To say "I love you, and I'm sorry" to the Earth.
And if they weren't different, we could have some peace in knowing, the same thing will happen to them.
