Littlewood

Littlewood’s Law of miracles is that as we live we have many experiences throughout our day, with so many experiences we would tend to have a miracle occur out of one of those experiences. Littlewood’s Law states that the higher the number of occurrences the greater the possibility of something miraculous would happen, out of those occurrences. Also stated was that one has to be willing to accept and be vigilant of such rare occasion. Some people take everyday lived as a miracle in its self, being able to function the way our body does and produce amazing things and thoughts moment by moment, but Littlewood did not think that was miraculous enough. Others like Littlewood believe there are exceptional miracles that happen to a person about once a month, calculating the possibility of experiencing one miracle out of the million of experiences. But who is to determine what those experiences are? Each one of us has our own definition of extraordinary. It could be the ability to conceive a child to giving birth to one. By each individual placing a distinctly different understanding on miracles what one sees as a miracle would not necessarily be considered the same to the other. Now, Littlewood statement of the possibility of miracles occurring to an individual approximately once a month could very well be more than once a month by a vigilant believer in miracles. About a little more than a year ago I was studying and filling out applications, for the second time around, for several nursing schools. Estimating on how long it had taken other nursing students and current nursing graduates to pass the entrance exams and get accepted into the nursing program I thought it would take at least two years to get in, that would be about four seasons of applications. After my second season of submissions, I got a letter with an alternate number. The number was so far off, again the possibilities of being admitted was too far off, but with an alternate number I was eligible to take the entrance exam, now I had to pass that. So the next month after receiving the alternate number I passed the entrance exam, now what was left was a possibility of at least 10 people not passing the entrance exam. Well, a month after the exam I got a call that I was accepted into the program. This story does fall into Littlewood’s law of miracles, with the exception to the miracles that also happened during this time in my family life. Another obstacle that had to be overcome for me to go into nursing school was our childcare. I have a special needs son and finding someone who would be able to care for him and our daughter would be a challenge to find, since our families help is not an option. A young lady volunteered to help us out at that time and she had an amazing knowledge of my son’s special needs and bonded with the children immediately. That again was a miracle to have found her and for her to have had all the qualities we needed and her willingness to help us out.   Before this experience and ever since I have had more than once a month, run into the miracles that have impacted my life and those around me. I believe Littlewood’s Law of miracles, it makes sense but for those of us who are vigilant to see miracles, it can happen far more than once a month, according to our definition of what a miracle could be.