>>Life is beautiful, don't >>mess >>it up... >> >>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 than 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 th e 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." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>"A person should like be a stalk of rice, the more it is loaded with >>grain, >>the more it is bowed down" >> >>"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your >>courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." >>