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 both 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, even in the United States and Canada. 

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful...you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. 

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the shoulder...you are blessed because you can offer healing touch. 

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.