I used to go to the La Brea Tar Pits when I was a kid. I love what your article shared. And in a way, I wonder that we are creating a global tar pits by our actions that is creating the 6th mass extinction and the climate crisis. Our society train has such strong momentum that it may be impossible to stop, before everything collapses and we can't get unstuck. Death comes for us all and so as you said, gratitude for being alive. Yet, the irony, is that when we see the beauty of being alive, and can tap into the beauty of the earth, and embrace death, maybe we would live very differently and not be destroying the very home beneath our feet. Ah, thank you. I know i just processed a lot here, but your writing led me into these thoughts. Thank you.