Great refreshing input Karen!
Isaac
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Fra: jason.donohue [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sendt: 23. april 2001 14:13
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Emne: something to ponder !
The message below really makes this world sound oh so small! Take a minute
to read it
Kind Regards
Karen Donohue
www.find-a-physio.co.uk <http://www.find-a-physio.co.uk>
> > > >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 and all 6 would be from the United
> States.
> > > >
> > > >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 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 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Work like you don't need the money.
> > > >Love like you've never been hurt.
> > > >Dance like no-one's watching.
> > > >Sing like no-one'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.
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