Each One Of Us Represents A Miracle

Consider how unique each one of us is. Even identical

twins have some differences between them. If you don’t

have an identical twin, it can be said that there is no one else

exactly like you. Unlike computers, which may be identical

computing systems, you interpret the world through your

brain and that brain develops its own personality, the

mechanism that helps you understand and react to the world

around you.

To become who you are, it took one of about 5 million

microscopic sperm cells to reach the egg. Your personality,

everything about you, and your potential were carried in

that one sperm.

Millions of other sperm cells died searching for the egg,

while one sperm cell combined with the egg that gave you

life, resulting in your extraordinary uniqueness.

You are a miracle. In fact, childbirth is a miracle because

we all had to survive about nine months in the womb in

order to be strong enough to be born into the world. The

chances of you being born were one in 5 million, based on

the estimated number of sperm. Don’t ever feel sorry for

Using All Your Talents to the Fullest

Dennis Waitley wrote the following story in Insight:

“The Scriptures tell of a story of a master of a wealthy estate

who gave some of his fortune to three of his servants. To the

first servant he gave five talents; to the second, three talents;

to the third servant he gave one talent. A talent in those

days was a measure of money. He told the three servants to

‘cherish and utilize to the fullest what had been given.’ And

after one year he would check with them to see what they

had done.

“The first servant invested his money in different

businesses. The second servant bought materials and made

things to sell. The third servant took his talent and hid it

and saved it. After one year the master saw that the first

servant, through his investing, had now 25 talents. The

second servant had built his up to 15 talents, which made

the master happy. So he asked the third servant what had

become of his one talent. The servant exclaimed, ‘I was

afraid to misuse the talent, so I carefully hid it. Here it is!

I am now giving it back to you in the same condition as

when you gave it to me!’ The master was very mad. ‘Thou

wicked and slothful servant. How dare you not use the gift

that I gave you?’”

Here is an encouraging estimate: people in America

can often live to be 85 or 90. Today’s newborn will have the

benefits of medical science that will enable them to live to

be 100 to 110.

We are very fortunate today to be able to live long,

healthy, and productive lives. Our forbearers often died

from fever, pneumonia, and even childbirth, which killed

many women and children. Imagine living centuries ago

when a good life meant living only into your thirties.

Imagine ending your opportunities by age thirty.

The person who is 70 today is often healthier than a

person 60 years old who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Today, it’s not unheard of for a 75-year-old to run New York

City’s 26-mile marathon and to finish.
C-2012 J. Carinci from the book The Power Of Being Different
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Being-Different-success-ebook/dp/B002C75GY4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297365248&sr=1-1

yourself if you haven’t yet won the lottery; you’ve already

won the lottery by being born!