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The Odds Were Against You Being Born...Now What?

Dr. Ali Binazir illustrates in a blog post the extreme unlikelihood of you ever being born:

Imagine there was one life preserver thrown somewhere in some ocean and there is exactly one turtle in all of these oceans, swimming underwater somewhere. The probability that you came about and exist today is the same as that turtle sticking its head out of the water — in the middle of that life preserver. On one try.

Dr. Binazir crunched the exact numbers:

The odds of your dad meeting your mom: 1 in 20,000. 

The chances of them staying together long enough to have kids: 1in 2,000.

The probability of you existing at all comes out to 1 in 102,685,000  — 10 followed by 2,685,000 zeroes.

Binazir concludes that the odds of you being alive are basically zero.  

Be wondered by the mere fact that you are alive. You are truly amazing.

You are the culmination of everyone in your family tree and everything that sustained their lives.

You're not rare. You're beyond rare. 

You are a one-of-a-kind, once-in-forever occurrence.

Your life is a once and done opportunity.

What life-story are you writing with your words and deeds?

What life do you want for yourself?

What do you want to give to others with whom you are sharing this mystery called life?

What are the chances of you finding and reading this blog post?

What will you do now that you read it?

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-the-odds-of-being-alive-2012-6#ixzz35PWKMXiT

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Discomfort with Uncertainty

Visitor or Resident?

Have you ever noticed that visitors often do not care for places as well as residents do?

Many believe they are just visitors on this planet. This is not their true home. They're just passing through, on their way to a better place beyond.

Aren't these the same folks who habitually consume more than they need, clear cut forests, strip mine mountain tops, frack the earth, burn coal and oil, dump chemicals and other waste in rivers and oceans, exterminate entire species, enslave other animals and their own kind, and kill each other in wars of acquisition?

They are. I live among them. I'm complicit with them even as I seek to liberate myself from their life-denying ways.

Have you ever noticed how those who believe in Earth as their mother and true home live different lives, more in harmony with and respectful of the land, water, wind, and all living beings?

They aren't just passing through on their way to a better place beyond. This is their true home. They are from Earth, sustained by Earth, and to Earth they return. They're permanent residents here.  Everyone around is their neighbor. They do their best to be good neighbors with all. My heart is with them.