| 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; 1 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
both
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, (email this message)
and
furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the
world
that cannot read at all.
~
email source
Sandhi ~
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