The Odds

I just want all of you to know how lucky I am to know all of you. Literally.

Think about it. There are, what, 6 and a half or 7 billion people on earth.
We were born in the right spots on the planet that we ended up in exactly the right place to meet each other. We each can be in a relationship with around 500 people, and since you're reading my blog, I assume you're one of those people. That's just how big of a community that we try to be a part of naturally. So, that makes the odds that I know you about 500 in 6.5 billion, or reduced, 1 in 13 million.

Also, to take that farther, we exist in the same time period.
I could have been born in Siloam Springs, or whatever it was called, in 500 B.C. and we never would have met despite being in the same place. According to the Christian definition of the time that the earth has existed, there have been about 10,000 years of life on earth. With about 30 years between each generation of life, there have been VERY approximately 330 generations. That changes the odds to 1 in 4.3 billion.

Then there's the fact that we are the same age, which definitely impacts our relationship. There's also the same religion, same state of mental health, the same school for some of us, and countless other factors. The real odds are practically impossible.

But impossible things like this are commonplace in this crazy universe of ours.

So really, it is an honor to know all of you. We're a bunch of statistical freaks. Love you guys.