We Are Not Accidents ... We Are Surprising.

Has anyone ever told us that we are really amazing? Probably not unless we are one of those blessed few who have at least one powerful animator in their lives who really cares about us. Are we an accident?

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He was 1.80 when he was in the seventh grade and weighed 68 Kg. Being "skinny" did not describe him well; "Toothpick" comes a little closer. With the frizzy hair I had long and struggling to keep straight, most of my friends called me "Q-Tip".

You can imagine how that worked wonders for my self esteem ... not really much. My father reminded me that my birth had not been planned and so it seems. Three boys in less than three years: my brother was two years old and he was going for three years. My sister was one year old, missing 9 days to get to both.

My father suffered most of his life from what is now known as bipolar disorder. Serious changes of mind and a plethora of attitudes that did not help me (or anyone else). He constantly reminded me that I was an "accident" and that with the constant psychological abuse I was subjected to, I felt more like an intruder on the planet than a child.

As I grew up and began to discover personal development and what I could do for myself to heal my past and create my future, I began to develop new beliefs about myself.

What I discovered changed my life ... I discovered that the facts proved that I was not an "accident", but in fact that my life was and is a miracle. I discovered by reading several books about personal development, that in the first place, the odds that I was conceived were tens of millions against one. In fact, I learned that I had won between 10 and 90 million other "seeds" that struggled to fertilize an egg. Tens of millions of possible candidates and only one was going to get the appointment, in fact, the others were going to die.

It was not just a race for affection ... it was a battle for life. Let's stop and think about this. If any other seed had fertilized that egg, neither you nor I would be here now. Have we ever wondered why we always feel "special"? Maybe we feel "lucky"?

Well, we got access to the inner sanctuary to fertilize the egg and millions who did not make it, died. I do not know about you, but just that fact makes me feel quite amazing! Now, I do not ask you to believe some esoteric, metaphysical or spiritual concept.

I share this as a proven fact. You can confirm these statistics with a doctor. Now, if these probabilities do not make you feel as surprising as me, then think about this. Let's go back five generations in our family. That would be our great-great-great grandparents. By having extensive records of my family genealogy, I know who my great-great-great-grandfather was and where he was born.

He was born in 1795 in Kentucky. Only 18 years after our nation declared its independence, it met its wife due to circumstances that I do not know. In any case, you can imagine from your own experience or that of your parents (or grandparents) that the chances of moving forward together were not good. We are not an accident.

Now add to the equation the odds that they never conceived and had the particular child they had was one against several million. Now, that child grew up and met someone else and the process continues to this day. The point?

Imagine the chances that we would reach this planet ... trillions to one. Our life is amazing. Maybe we do not feel this way ... maybe we feel the lowest emotions a human can experience, but the fact remains that we are a miracle! We are not an accident.

Perhaps in another article, we will touch the surprising biological, bone and muscular composition of our body (which in itself is another miracle). But for now, let's take time to think and consider how we got here. My dear friends, we are not an accident. We are amazing! We are not an accident
We were a miracle since the day we began our existence on this planet and we still are. Most people are never taught to love themselves or really understand how amazing we really are. Through much emotional and psychological damage we receive from ill-informed sources in this world, we never face the reality of who we really are. Accident no. Divine purpose, yes.

I am here to tell you that we are amazing! I know ... we have talents, skills, intelligence and heart to perform miracles in our own lives. We have potential that we have not even begun to uncover. We have probably forgotten or never known the facts that support the thesis that we are phenomenal beings. In the hand of God there is no accident.

Take some time today to think about what I have shared with you. Think of the dreams, hopes, desires and the incredible vision within our mind ... I am not asking you to create something. I am just giving you the facts ... we are amazing! Why think I'm an accident?

We can do, be and have more than we have ever dreamed possible. Let's wake up to the truth. Let's withdraw our dreams from the shelf and let's dust them so that they can live again in our heart, soul and mind. Let us continue believing that we can and we will achieve it. Then let's hope that they are fulfilled and we observe how our amazing life develops.

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Although today's reflection seems to me somewhat existentialist, there is no doubt that it does not fail to echo the wonder of God's creation that we really are. The truth is that each one of us was created and brought into the world by God with a specific purpose. If we embrace the plans of our Creator and Savior, then we discover the meaning of abundant life ... if we do not, we end up wasting our years on Earth and in the end we will feel frustrated and bitter.

Yes, the truth is that we are amazing! But all that we can become and do only finds fulfillment in Christ. Let's dare to hold onto Him and His plans for our lives. Go ahead and may the Lord continue to bless you.