Recently, there is renewed interest in life on Mars not just by the scientific community but the local earthlings.

I personally think it would be good to find out whether or not there is life out there and then to try to connect with them. The main reason being that we could learn so much from them. No doubt they would be more inteligent than us and could teach us a thing or two on how to preserve our resources, trees, atmosphere etc.

However, I wonder if some of the billions that we are spending on researching the outer-space might not be better spent right here on earth. Have we already exhausted our research into who we are or how to better ourselves?

Say we do find life out there. Who would we have as our “model” citizens to represent us? We can all think of at least a handful of individuals but really, would a handful of people be a true reflection of the billions of other residents? 

So what do I what us to do? Well I think that every single one of us has room for improvement.

We need to try to do good. Teach our children to do good. Teach our parents to do good; they are not as set in their ways as we think. They are more intelligent and reasonable then you think.

Here are just a few ways that we can all help (ourselves):

Get rid of your big old cars, start composting, stop your pesticide use, plant a tree, stop supporting genetically modified foods, and ….smile. Smiles are contagious. Don’t take my word for it, try it for yourself.

I am assuming (by the fact that you are seeking out this type of website) that you are already on the right track , so you are already more intelligent than you give yourself credit for. But really, you don’t need me to tell you the right from wrong just as you don’t really need a religious figurehead. We all instinctively know. Try that for yourself too. The next time you are about to make a decision on something that you are not sure about, remind yourself of what you read here, stop and ask yourself:

“Am I making the right decision? Which way should I go?” 

 Hopefully, you will hear it (your inner truth). Usually a good, satisfying, sense of peace comes right after you have made your choice. 

This feeling could last the rest of your life, you’ll see.

Have you ever made a wrong turn only to end-up at the right place?

I have noticed that there are times when I make a wrong turn or miss an exit, frustrated by my actions or by why it happened, only to end-up at the desired (or sometimes even better than anticipated) scenario.

Now that is hard to explain. How could there possibly be a force whose sole purpose is to watch over me? I have never regarded myself as someone of significance. Not to be-little myself but, really, I’m not anyone of such importance as would require a force to be personally assigned to look after me.

There are billions of people on earth. Even more beings, if you subscribe to life on other planets. So how big is this super computer? Are we sorted, categorized, and labeled according to our degree of importance? What if we are not presently anyone significant but are destined to be influential in the future? Do those of us get priority, or more attention?

Perhaps it’s the other way around. The noble intelligent beings require less attention as they are less likely to mess-up and make foolish choices whereas the rest of us could use the help.