Be thankful for who you are today…Because… If the population of the Earth wasreduced to that of a small town of 100 people, it would look something like this:
- 57 Asians
- 21 Europeans
- 14 Americans (northern & southern)
- 8 Africans
- 52 Women
- 48 Men
- 70 Coloured-skins
- 30 Caucasians
- 89 Heterosexuals
- 11 Homosexuals
- 6 People would own 59% of the whole world wealth and all of them will
be from the USA
- 80 Would have bad living conditions
- 70 Would be uneducated
- 50 Underfed
- 1 Would die
- 2 Would be born
- 1 would have a computer
- 1 (only one) will have higher education
When you look at the world from this point of view, you can see there is a real need for solidarity, understanding, patience and education
Also think about the following:
- This morning, if you woke up healthy, then you are happier than 1
million people that will not survive next week
- If you never suffered a war, the loneliness of a jail cell, agony of
torture, or hunger, you are happier than 500 million people in the world
- If you can enter a church/mosque without the fear of jail or death, you
are happier than 3 million people in the world
- If there is food in your fridge, you have shoes and clothes, you have a
bed and a roof and you are richer the 75% of the people in the world
- If you have a bank account, money in your wallet and some coins in
the money box, you belong to the 8% of the people in the world who
are well-to-do
If you read this you are three times blessed because:
1. Somebody just thought of you
2. You don’t belong to the 200 million people that cannot read
3. And you have a computer
As somebody once said:
- Work as if you don’t need money
- Love as if you’ve never been hurt
- Dance, as nobody can see you
- Sing, as if no one can hear
- Live as if the Earth was a haven
- If you like, send this to people you call friends
- If you don’t send this, nothing will happen. But, if you send it, someone will smile.
- 57 Asians
- 21 Europeans
- 14 Americans (northern & southern)
- 8 Africans
- 52 Women
- 48 Men
- 70 Coloured-skins
- 30 Caucasians
- 89 Heterosexuals
- 11 Homosexuals
- 6 People would own 59% of the whole world wealth and all of them will
be from the USA
- 80 Would have bad living conditions
- 70 Would be uneducated
- 50 Underfed
- 1 Would die
- 2 Would be born
- 1 would have a computer
- 1 (only one) will have higher education
When you look at the world from this point of view, you can see there is a real need for solidarity, understanding, patience and education
Also think about the following:
- This morning, if you woke up healthy, then you are happier than 1
million people that will not survive next week
- If you never suffered a war, the loneliness of a jail cell, agony of
torture, or hunger, you are happier than 500 million people in the world
- If you can enter a church/mosque without the fear of jail or death, you
are happier than 3 million people in the world
- If there is food in your fridge, you have shoes and clothes, you have a
bed and a roof and you are richer the 75% of the people in the world
- If you have a bank account, money in your wallet and some coins in
the money box, you belong to the 8% of the people in the world who
are well-to-do
If you read this you are three times blessed because:
1. Somebody just thought of you
2. You don’t belong to the 200 million people that cannot read
3. And you have a computer
As somebody once said:
- Work as if you don’t need money
- Love as if you’ve never been hurt
- Dance, as nobody can see you
- Sing, as if no one can hear
- Live as if the Earth was a haven
- If you like, send this to people you call friends
- If you don’t send this, nothing will happen. But, if you send it, someone will smile.
