Here is a link to the story. It literally hit me like a lighting bolt when I wasn’t even thinking of such a story. It came as a warning and a lesson that out there civilizations have succeeded despite all odds. “There’s still Hope, Don’t give up.”
It’s three pages. Like the subtitle says, “A Very Short Story”.
Here is the link to my short stories by Steve Neill page:

So nice to read (even a very short story) about the future being hopeful…