What do you think of when you hear that a person has succeeded against all odds?

Who determines the odds?

Oh right, the statisticians.

And how often are they wrong?

According to statistics we are all here against a great number of odds. I recently heard that scientists estimate the probability of your being born at about one in 400 trillion.

Now isn’t that something…400 trillion.

So now that you’ve beat such great odds of being born, what are you going to do next?

Or are you worried that the odds are against you?

What if you didn’t know about the odds against you?

How often have you heard the words?

She’s the first person to

He’s the first person to

We can’t believe they did that

A new world record

All words describing people and organizations refusing to bow to the odds against them.

So the next time you want to pursue a personal goal and a kind, caring soul tells you that it’s against all odds, just smile and say, I’m here aren’t I.