If the World was a village of 100 people....
If the World was a Village of 100 People
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 America
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;
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.
Before you say another word:
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 the 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 you woke this morning with more health than illness......you are blessed then the million who will not survive this week.
If you 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 harasment, arrest, torture or death...you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married.....you are very rare, even North America.
If you can 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 hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the shoulder....you are blessed because you can offer a healing touch.
If you can read this message, then you have just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and further more you are more blessed then over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
Have a good day:-)
