This world is not as I would want it to be.

If I had a magic wand, there would never have been and would now cease to be any discrimination or any hatred. My magic wand would whoosh away depression, sickness, poverty, and untimely death.

I wouldn't want the world of my dreams to be pollyanna-like since that would soon become awfully boring. We'd stagnate in a world of sweetness & light. But how I wish this world were better than it is now and has always been!

For some time I've wondered if the only thing that would unite humans would be the arrival of extraterrestrials who meant us harm.
But maybe even then these beings from "outer space" would have to be so different from us that we humans would join together without regard for our racial, ethnic, religious, and national differences.

Does something like this have to happen in order for us all to get along?

I hope not.