I see what you're saying...a little too little too late...though I still see the benefits of better late than never. :)

This made me think about death and our constant futile efforts to stave it off. (I'm in rather a brown mood.) Enjoyed your observation, as always.

...still chuckiling over here...a gallows chuckle but still...cool diatribe.

I like these lines and I feel the same way about my younglings: I haven't the heart to burst her bubble though it already was before she was born

You say it dramatically. But this old world is decaying regardless of what we do or don't do! We can slow our part down that is all! As a Christian I look toward the "new heaven and new earth"!