Earth Status report - 2006
If the population of the Earth was reduced to that of a small
town with 100 people, it would look something like this:
57%
Asians
21% Europeans
14% Americans (northern and southern)
8%
Africans
52% women
48% men
70% coloured-skins
30%
caucasians
89% heterosexuals
11% homosexuals
6 people would own
59% of the whole world wealth and all of them will be from the United States of
America
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 one) 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, then you are happier
than the 1 million people that will not survive next week.
If you never
suffered a war,
the loneliness of the jail cell, the agony of torture,
or
hunger,
you are happier than 500 million people in the
world.
If you can enter into a church (mosque) without fear of jail or
death, you are happier then 3 million people in the world.
If there is a food
in your fridge,
you have shoes and clothes,
you have bed and a
roof,
you are richer then 75% of the people in the world.
If you
have bank account, money in your wallet and some coins in the money-box,
you
belong to the 8% of the people on the world, who are
well-to-do.
If you read this you are three times blessed because:
1.
somebody just thought of you.
2 . you don't belong to the 200 million
people
that cannot read.
3 . and... you have a computer!
As
somebody once said:
" - Work as if you don't need money,
- Love as if
you've never been hurt,
- Dance, as if nobody can see you,
- Sing, as if
no one can hear,
- Live, as if the Earth was a heaven."
If you
like, send this to people you call friends.
If you don't send this, nothing
will happen. But, if you send it - someone will smile
So start living
& stop worrying,
You don't know how lucky you are.
Merry Christmas and Happy
Holidays
From: Steve Jones and
Family
