Daniel is a 10. Literally.

10 December 2007

There is this extraordinary thing about numbers...

Daniel was born on August 10.

His Social Security number adds up to 10.

He came into my life [a Xmas present, Blog December 23, very moving] at 10pm on 23 December, 2000.

Adding the figures in this date: 2+3+1+2+2+0+0+0 = 10!

His Birth Certificate number is 140419: 1+4+0+4+1+9 = 19: 1+9 = 10!

Brazil's Country Code is 55: 5+5 = 10.

His Cell Fone is [21] 8794 4470: 2+1+8+7+9+4+4+4+7+0 = 46: 4+6 = 10.

His Bank Account Number adds up to... 10.

OK, I know, we can dig up numbers forever, maybe they mean something, maybe nothing at all... but it's fun, so that makes it worthwhile in itself.

Something I just thought of: 2008 WILL be our year! Know why?

2008: 2+0+0+8 = 10!

Let me just reduce him to a nine....

Firstly, Daniel suffers from ADD, which makes what he is achieving even more extraordinary. He had to overcome that before anything else. [Does ADD add up to 10? Haha]

Coming from a life on the street he knew zero about zilch. He had a compulsion to know about everything, and in a big hurry. First week he was with me, I came home to find he had taken apart the TV to see how it worked - every single piece. In quick succession followed the telephone, microwave, blender, hot water service and ahhh! Cost a fortune, which I had in those mellow days long gone.

Having no idea he suffered from ADD, I was at a total loss as how to get him to playing marbles and flying kites like all the other kids. Then fate stepped in, and he cured himself... one morning on his way to school he decided to see how an elevator works... he was trapped inside, alone, for half-a-day. Haha. There is such a thing as cosmic revenge...

I did mention that already, in Blog December 01: What fate giveth, doth fate taketh away?

If you don't work on it... Hmmm

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