Mathmatics and Love

I had a thought last night while laying on the couch. How special friendships and lovers are. Considering that at this time there are roughly 6,989,719,355 humans living on this planet. What are the mathematical chances of 2 people getting to know one another in a lover or a friendship manner. One would think with a number this large it would be very common. Just so you know that is roughly 7 Billion people. So before I go forward I need you to understand the numbers. I tried on my calculator and can not even figure out how to get the odds of having 2 friends out of 7 billion. Maybe you will have better luck.

So Mathematically we can say most of us don't meet 7 billion people in our lifetime, this makes sense and puts us in a somewhat smaller pond. Then however a question arises. How did I connect with my dear friend who lives on the other side of the world and why? How is it that out of so many on this planet 2 people connect as friends or lovers? If you think of this for too long it will make your head hurt. (I have already been told I think too much, thank God I don't smoke pot).

I can state clearly that the number of persons I have had intimate relations with is near the 5000 mark. (STDs' Zero, Heartbreaks many) So at this point I look at the numbers and can clearly say there are only 3 out of that 5000 I still love and would be willing to give a kidney to. I cannot grasp the number of people I have met while performing over the years or work related interactions, however I will say that I know how many of them remain close friends and have a rough estimate of who would show at my funeral (when the time may come).

So my question to you would be, are we just floating around in this universe like magnets looking for the part that makes us whole or is there a rhyme and reason to our friendships and our lovers?

I suppose finally though, if you have been lucky enough to hit the lottery and find that one person, or those few friends. Realize what you have out of 7 billion persons in the world. Now do the math and make your brain hurt, and tell those people in your life that you love them before they fade away.

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