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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 scenario.
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 nonwhite
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, and furthermore, you are more
blessed than
over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
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