If the population of Earth was reduced to that of a small town with 100 people, it would look something like this: 57% Asians, 21% Europeans, 14% American (North & South), 8% Africans.
52% would be women, 48% would be men - 70% coloured skin, 30% Caucasians; 89% heterosexuals, 11% homosexuals.
6 people would own 59% of the worlds' 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 1) 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, than you are happier than the 1 million people who will not survive this next week. If you never suffered a war, the loneliness of a jail cell, the agony of torture, or hunger, you are happier than 500 millian people in the world.
If you can enter a church without fear of jail/death, you are happier than 3 million people in the world. If there is food in your refridgerator, you have shoes, clothes, you have a bed and a roof over your head, you are richer than 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 8% of the people in the world who are well-to-do. If you can read this you are 3 times blessed because: (1) someone just thought of you, (2) you don't belong to the 200 million people who cannot read and (3) you... have a computer!
As somebody once said: "work as if you don't need the money, love as if you've never been hurt, dance as if nobody can see you, sing as if no one can hear you, live as if the earth was a heaven."
So start living and stop worrying! You don't know how blessed you are!
