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Mon, 30 Sep 02 01:28:42 +0100
Hiya People...
Here are some statistics which help to show things from a whole new
perspective...sent in by Andrew...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
A More Accurate Perspective
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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 would be 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.
ONE would be near death;
ONE would be near birth.
ONE (yes, only 1) would have a college education;
ONE (yes, only 1) would own computer.
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the
need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly
apparent.
And, therefore...
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 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 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 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 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 your parents are still alive and still married, you are very rare,
even in the United States.
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 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 read this message, you have 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 who cannot read at
all.
As you read this and are reminded how life is in the rest of the world,
remember just how blessed we really are!
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