Probability

Posted on 09/19/2015 by Verla

It is not very likely that you should be who you are. Say you were born at 2:42 p.m. on March 20th, 1958, to a plumber dad and a stay-at-home mom, in Tallahassee. How likely is that? Not very. It is equally unlikely that you might have been anyone else in the universe. Infinitesimally unlikely, in fact. Because how likely is it that you might have been born at 11:18 a.m. on July 21st, 1983, to a stay-at-home dad and a surgeon mom, in Stockholm? Not very.


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Still, it is highly likely that SOMEONE would have ended up being you, or approximately you. It just happened to be you.

So go with it. Occupy that slot you got slid into. Squirm and wiggle. Fight. Turn that slot into something less narrow, deeper, more your shape. Some call this blooming where you are planted. I think maybe it’s just choosing to be.

About Verla

Wordfreak. Linguist. WA State licensed P.I. #3377. Principal, Viera Investigations. Spanish-English interpreter. Sole proprietor, Encanto Language Services. Erstwhile librarian. Texan by birth, cheesehead by upbringing, latina by soul, PacNWer by choice. Jewelry artist, Different Drummer Designs. Owner, world’s most gigantic dachshund. Driver, world’s almost smallest car. Chocoholic. Lover of things purple.
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2 Responses to Probability

  1. Yousei Hime says:
    09/23/2015 at 8:34 am

    And it is one of the best choices I have ever made. Not always happy but definitely regretfree.

    • Verla says:
      09/23/2015 at 9:05 am

      Yes, my inspirational late bloomer / late squirmer. I like regretfree as one word! We should have more “ful” words with a “free” antonym. A soulfree jazz musician whose work lacks depth. A forcefree orator who convinces logically yet gently. A purposefree undergrad still deciding on a major. A cheerfree headmistress who wields her iron hand at the boarding school. The possibilities!