57 asians
21 europeans
14 from the western hemisphere (north and south)
8 africans
52 females
48 males
70 non-whites
30 whites
70 non-christians
30 christians
89 heterosexuals
11 homosexuals
6 people would possess
59% of the entire world's wealth
and all would be from the united states
80 would live in sub-standard 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 one)
would have a college education
and 1 would have a computer
when one considers our world from such a compressed perspective,
the need for understanding, acceptance, and education
becomes glaringly apparent
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 lonliness 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 religious 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 can read this message, 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
"blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places
where other people see nothing"