Here are some numbers to ponder:

The dinosaurs ruled the earth for 165 million years.

They went extinct 65 million years ago.

The first humans came about somewhere around 200 thousand years ago.

Human 'civilization' is about 6 thousand years old.

A lot of people talk about how humans will destroy the planet, which from the human perspective, I guess, is correct. If so, we will be one species in the sixth mass extinction event. (That humans think they can 'save' the planet or 'destroy' it is beyond absurd. They may make it uninhabitable for themselves, but can't even come close. The asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs was the equivalent of a million nuclear weapons detonating, at once, in the Gulf of Mexico.)

The earth is about 4.5 billion years old.

Excepting something catastrophic beyond its history, this planet is about halfway through how long it will last in total.

In a strange way, these numbers give me comfort.