One day, decades from now, people may look back on our reckless consumption of soft drinks and chips in the same way that we today look back at a three-pack-a-day smoking habit.
A valuable new neighborhood could rise one day from what is now largely parking lots, warehouses and wasted space.
And it reinforces the likelihood that one day, decades from now, when the site is finally completed, it will stand as a testament to our inability to put self-interests aside in the face of one of America's greatest tragedies.
And one day, years from now, Kylie Jenner will be the President of the United States of America.
If everything went well, then maybe, one day, years from now, I'd be a rich old white man too.
One day, many years from now, another prime minister will stand up and to a teary gallery apologise for the damage done to refugees in detention.
One day, not long from now, it will be hard to remember what worried people so much about gay and lesbian couples committing themselves to marriage.
One day, perhaps years from now, that will happen with the ETA -- and there's very likely to be an amnesty that will release its members now in prison.
One day, hopefully decades from now, I can look back and say 'yes I have lived a very full life'.
One day, many moons from now, we're going to wake up in a world where great teachers are treated with the respect and reverence we show to great athletes.
One day, at a family funeral years from now, maybe after I am gone, I imagine she will say it, too.
