Just a thought.........

[Good_Queen_Bess]

A good friend of mine who is on a working holiday is australia at the moment, emailed me this. I thought it was quite wonderful, so I thought I'd share it with all who wanted to read it:

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 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.

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.

The following is also something to ponder...

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 of 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 three billion people in the world.

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 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 your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very rare.

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Someone once said:

What goes around comes around.

> > Work like you don't need the money.

> > Love like you've never been hurt.

> > Dance like nobody's watching.

> > Sing like nobody's listening.

> > Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.

Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.

Nothing will happen if you do not decide to pass it along.

The only thing that will happen, if you DO pass it on, is that

someone might smile because of you.

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

Very thoughtprovoking, indeed.

Thank you, Friend ! :)

[gwenith, BSN, RN]

Thank -you Bess

[jenac]

Puts things in perspective. Thank you Bess.

[dawngloves, BSN, RN]

11% of the world population is homosexual? I think that's a little high. But maybe some people are afraid to admit to this ? Anyone have any figures?

And I am feelin' mighty poor as my wallet is empty, I bounced a check and that spare change has gotta hold me until next payday!But hey!I made the mortgage payment and had a nice dinner!:)

[MelRN13]

Great way to put it in perspective Bess! It's hard to see those stats in black and white. Thanks for the inspiration to be a better person.

[yannadey, LPN]

Thanks for sharing it did make me smile.:)

[dosamigos76, RN]

Thanks for posting this. It is sometimes so hard to remember that most of the world does not live like we do and don't have the advantages we have.

Cheryl

[Repat]

I looked you up in the members list, after seeing your little "location" quote. I lived in the UK for 15 years, and I must say that I met your opinion all the time over there (SO glad to be back with my rich counterparts). Too bad you can't reread what you wrote here -

[Good_Queen_Bess]

I looked you up in the members list, after seeing your little "location" quote. I lived in the UK for 15 years, and I must say that I met your opinion all the time over there (SO glad to be back with my rich counterparts). Too bad you can't reread what you wrote here -

Can't understand what you mean. It's a joke. Are you serious?

[Repat]

Funny - not....

[Good_Queen_Bess]

Funny - not....

Oh well, I've never come across anybody complaining about it before! What is so offensive about it? Please tell me. I know that American's take the piss out of the British as much as we take out of American's (watch any Hollywood film). My friend was over in America last year (he's a nurse), and someone offered him a sales job. My friend is no salesperson, but this guy told him that because of his English accent, he could sell anything. You might not think the joke's funny, but it's all meant in good humour. Lighten up!