something to think about
If we could shrink the earth's population to a
village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios
remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western
Hemisphere - both north and south, 8 Africans, 52 would be female, 48 would be male, 70 would be non-white, 30 would be white, 70 would be non-Christian, 30 would be Christian,89 would be heterosexual, 11 would be homosexual, 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States,80 would live in substandard housing,70 would be unable to read,50 would suffer from malnutrition,1 would be near death,would be near birth,1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education, 1 would own a computer.
When one considers our world from such a
compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and
education becomes glaringly apparent.
The following is also something to ponder...
If you woke up this morning with more health
than illness... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of
battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the
pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear
of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than
three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes
on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer
than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet,
and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still
married ... you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful.....you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or
even touch them on the shoulder... you are blessed because you can
offer healing touch.
If you can read this message, you just received
a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore,you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
Someone once said:
What goes around comes around.
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
It's National Friendship Week. Send this to
everyone you consider a
FRIEND. Pass this on, and brighten someone'sday. Nothing will happen if you do not decide to pass it along. The only thing that will happen, if you DO pass it on, is that someone might smile
because of you.