Life is Only as Good as the People You Get to Share It With…

Dear Reader:

Have you ever stopped and really looked at a dear friend… perhaps a lifelong friend, or a spouse and uttered the words in the title caption above?

Truly… what are the odds of two people, not only existing in the same time-frame, but the same galaxy, planet, continent, country, state, town, and community or neighborhood… perhaps the same workplace?

The odds are so infinitesimally small that in my brain when I googled this question… strange-looking number formats puzzled me even more. It didn’t even attempt comparing two people but responded to… the question ” What are the odds of a human existing ? ”

As numbers display in infographic figures …( extreme numbers beyond your wildest imagination) one understandable conclusion reveals itself ” You are totally Improbable!”

It reminds me of the line spoken humorously numerous times by Captain Jack Sparrow ( Pirates of the Caribbean) whenever rivals thought him dead… he kept reappearing. They would stare at him in disbelief and shake their heads shouting ” IMPOSSIBLE ! ” Always his response would be ” No… IMPROBABLE but never IMPOSSIBLE!”

” No … Improbable!”

If it were Impossible for humans to exist… obviously we wouldn’t…. lots of things had to appear on our home planet to provide the necessities for life… that had to have taken place long before we came along… like photosynthesis… relationship between plants and vital oxygen for life.

Miraculously… it all came to pass. And out of the darkness came glorious light … the light of life…from Our Creator.

So until tomorrow… the next time… you look in the mirror …whisper… ” Improbable but NOT impossible …you miracle you.”

” Today is my favorite day” – Winnie the Pooh

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw my Encore Azaleas starting to bloom in this unbelievably hot July month!

In final conclusion, to all these far-reaching theories and ideas … on the vastness of our universe and our place in it… all we really need to be able to feel the human connection to ourselves and all others who share our humanity …is a card like the one I received yesterday from the indubitable Jo Dufford… my mentor and always my friend and supporter.

I didn’t see it coming at all!

I can not tell you how very special this card was , is, and will always be to me and the timing was perfect. Isn’t getting a gift from someone on an ordinary day more meaningful than any special day or holiday?

As long as there are people who turn ordinary days into extraordinary days for others… we need not worry about the human heart- it is still beating to the rhythm of life and love! From my heart to yours Jo… thank you!!!

And Jo, teacher and administrator, would have put this piece of advice to good use for her students…

” The difference between try and triumph is a little ” umph!”

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”
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2 Responses to Life is Only as Good as the People You Get to Share It With…

  1. Gin-g Edwards says:

    You give a gift to all of us everyday in your blog. Hope to drop by soon…love you

    • Becky Dingle says:

      Please do! Always happy to catch up!!! Isn’t Jo Dufford the prime example on how to live a life with humor and kindness… always!!!

      Sent from my iPhone

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