Here in UK it is Red Nose Day
I remember the very first red nose day, I went into school dressed as a clown...I needed to stop for petrol which was a bit of a strange moment!
However,I read this yesterday, on Sue's blog, seemed to hit where it needed to!
If we could shrink the earth's population down to the size of a village of precisely 100 people,with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,it would look something like this....There would be:57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 Africans.52 would be female and 48 would be male30 would be white and 70 would be non-white30 would be Christian and 70 would be non-Christian89 would be hetrosexual and 11 would be homosexual6 people would posess 59% of the entire wealth (and all six would be from the USA)80 people would live in sub-standard housing70 people would be unable to read50 people would suffer from malnutrition1 person would be near death and 1 person would be newly born1 person would have a college education1 person would have a computerThe following are also things to ponder over...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 pf 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 3 Billion people in the world.If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back. a roof over your head 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.And...if you can read this message,you are more blessed than more than two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
If we could shrink the earth's population down to the size of a village of precisely 100 people,with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,it would look something like this....There would be:57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 Africans.52 would be female and 48 would be male30 would be white and 70 would be non-white30 would be Christian and 70 would be non-Christian89 would be hetrosexual and 11 would be homosexual6 people would posess 59% of the entire wealth (and all six would be from the USA)80 people would live in sub-standard housing70 people would be unable to read50 people would suffer from malnutrition1 person would be near death and 1 person would be newly born1 person would have a college education1 person would have a computerThe following are also things to ponder over...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 pf 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 3 Billion people in the world.If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back. a roof over your head 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.And...if you can read this message,you are more blessed than more than two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Today, just a quick few words as I am off to the cinema with Enid, so I will catch up later!
Have a good day and do try to spend some time reflecting on the words above .
