Hello!

I am new to this group. I just wanted to share something from Jim Bell
regarding how should we see ourselves in this world, it is called "We
are Miracles", hope you like it. I am sorry if this article goes a
little bit away from the scope from this group. I am sure most of you
might share his opinion and perhaps Amilcar might even agree with this
article... Happy Holidays!

Marie

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We Are Miracles by Jim Bell

Every human being is a miracle. Through all the twists and turns of
existence, the chance that anyone of us would be living today
approaches infinity. Even if we only consider the one sexual union
between our mother and father that resulted in our conception, our
chance of existing is one trillion to one. (Your mother contributed
one of 500 eggs and your father contributed some 200 million sperm.
(Five hundred x 200 million = one trillion.)

If we multiply the one trillion by the number of times our parents had
sex before and after our conception.

Then multiply that total again by the string of individuals who had to
reproduce an offspring that reproduced in turn, and so on, for over
100,000 generations that ultimately led to our own individual existence.


Like I said, the chance that any one of us would exist today
approaches infinity.

What does this mean?

It means we should respect ourselves and each other for the miracles
we are. We should respect all life and our planet's life support
system as the miracles they are. We should work to become more
conscious to better apply our talents and planetary resources to
ensure that our children and future generations have a healthy, happy
prosperous world in which to grow up.

We should honor our ancestors, for if it were not for them, we would
not exist. We should honor our descendants for if not for us, they
will never get a chance to exist.