Don't waste energy or too much time. Walk more and drive less. Be honest in all things. I highly doubt it. I don't believe that there is oodles of life out there, but I think there has to be something.
Life bootstraps itself.
Experiments using the conditions of the primitive Earth created the basic primordial soup in only a few years time. Complex hydrocarbons have been found on other worlds near and far. Life is persistent. Searching through the jungles of Southern Mexico, one may happen upon a late Mayan city. The Mayan civilization collapsed near 1500 AD in what was believed to be a feudal period.