如果世界是个一百人的村落
To all my friends and loved ones If the world were a Village of 100 People If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the exsting human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: There would be: 52 would be female 70 would be non-while 70 would be non-christian 89 would be heterosexual 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth 80 would live in substandard housing 1(yes, only 1) would have a college education 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 pup this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the illion 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 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 dish someplace...you are among the top 8% of the world's wealth. If your parents are still alive and still married...you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada. Someone once said: What goes around comes around. So... |