Welcome aboard Marie!

Nice article thanks for sharing it with the group.

Alejandra


--- In crazyaboutamilcar@yahoogroups.com, "marie_avery_1970"
<marie_avery_1970@y...> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --------------------
>
> 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.
>