IF we can simply put aside our differences we could create magnificence, the utopian ideas that so many before us have held, could become a reality.

IF we could somehow set aside our superstitions we could drop the heavy weight of guilt and fear, and ignorance would become the knowledge that we have spent lifetimes searching for.

IF we could turn our back on our selfish tendencies, we could cease to compete with each other for those things that come free: happiness, security, comfort and love.  We could evolve beyond our nature.

IF we would consume books and literature, philosophy and music, we could see through the fog of lies and empty promises, the darkness of fascism and the light of ideologies  We could leave the shoulders of giants and stand on our own.

IF we could accept our humble ignorance and shed our arrogant desires we could die in peace knowing that others after us would have all of this and so much more.

If only.