LIttle Men and Flying Saucers by Loren Eiseley

• Is there a point to learn about our origins or worry about the future?
• If we all come from different paths, what is the reason for us trying to find out about them? 
• Can our past really tell us about our future, and why should we want this?
• I think the problem is that, even though we may be the only species who can "think" it is also possible to think too much, to worry, and have anxiety about the past and the future.
• It would be better to simply accept who we are and where we came from and live life in the present, and then maybe we wouldn't be so lonely.
• We wouldn't be lonely because we would be interacting with others who are also living in the present instead of trying to relate with people who aren't alive anymore or who aren't alive yet.