[imready]

If we could shrink the earth's population

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)1 would be near death;

(ONE)1 would be near birth;

(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education;

(ONE)1 (yes, only 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.

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 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 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 you really are!


EDIT. i did not write this. i found this while googling 'inspirational stories'

[daehanminguk1345]

Hmm... I think I saw this in another thread somewhere here, but it's nice to be reminded of this again. It really puts things into perspective. Now I feel spoiled.

[musichmi]

thank you imready.
this has reminded me to spread the
word of God.
and to remind myself that even though
i may think i have nothing,
i have almost everything i need.

[heartnet]

Thank you, really. A fitting wake up call for the new year.

[한스 ㅋㅋ]

ah.... it feels good to now that I'm blessed...

[imready]

Your welcome guys
yeah. this made me really think about what i have, and appreciate it more.

[littlejade]

im confuse...
but the world is big.. it just made me think that there isn't many people in the world.. so if the world population was that small.. each individual is special. because there isn't many of us in the earth.

[MarineGreen]

Capitalists suck and feed off the work of thousands.

[AiMango]

uhh... did you copy this off of somewhere? there was a vid on this from another thread i think o__O but yeah its nice to read this again.

[heejintruong]

I feel unbelievably spoiled
after reading this T__T"
it's so sad though.

[Whateva]

I have everything I need in life, but I'm always wanting more. I hate being a human.

[Allison]

>__> Now I'm thinking about this. lol.

[EHNerJI]

lol, yeah we had this random presentation of this at my school o.o;
in like.. grade 6 haha. it does make you think..
makes you feel grateful for what you have in a way, i guess. lol.

[prinzes]

89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual

he he he..




what's happened with our earth?

[super piggy]

hmm. i like this. it helps me realize im doing stupid things when im lucky to be here.
yeppppppppppp.

[Procrastinator001]

My English teacher actually showed our class this a few months back. Nevertheless, it's still amazing when you think about it. I'm always complaining about not having enough money when I should be gratful that I have a roof over my head and food on my plate.