>>> > 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 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.
>>> >
>>> >   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.
>>> >
>>> >   It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone you consider
>>>a
>>> > FRIEND.
>>> >   Pass this on, and brighten someone's day. Nothing will happen if
>>>you do
>>> > not
>>> > decide to pass it along. The only thing that will happen, if you DO
>>>pass
>>>it
>>> > on, is that someone might smile because  of you.