Just wondering... and excuse my ignorance who is Jim Bell?

--- In crazyaboutamilcar@yahoogroups.com, "asantander1970"
<asantander1970@y...> wrote:
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> Welcome aboard Marie!
>
> Nice article thanks for sharing it with the group.
>
> Alejandra
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> --- 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.
> >
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