Sotongemo's 0°C

If we could reduce the world’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would look something like this:

61 villagers would be Asian (of that, 20 would be Chinese and 17 would be Indian), 14 would be African, 11 would be European, 9 would be Latin or South American, 5 would be North American, and none of the villagers would be from Australia, Oceania, or Antarctica.

At least 18 villagers would be unable to read or write but 33 would have cellular phones and 16 would be online on the Internet.

27 villagers would be under 15 years of age and 7 would be over 64 years old.

There would be an equal number of males and females.

89 heterosexual ,11 homosexual

9 out of 100 are disabled

There would be 18 cars in the village.

63 villagers would have inadequate sanitation.

33 villagers would be Christians, 20 would be Muslims, 13 would be Hindus, 6 would be Buddhists, 2 would be atheists, 12 would be non-religious, and the remaining 14 would be members of other religions.

30 villagers would be unemployed or underemployed while of those 70 who would work, 28 would work in agriculture (primary sector), 14 would work in industry (secondary sector), and the remaining 28 would work in the service sector (tertiary sector).

53 villagers would live on less than two U.S. dollars a day.

One villager would have AIDS, 26 villagers would smoke, and 14 villagers would be obese.

By the end of a year, one villager would die and two new villagers would be born so thus the population would climb to 101.

5 would control 32% of the entire world’s wealth, and all of them would be US citizen.

80 would live in substandard housing.

24 would not have any electricity
(And of the 76% that do have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.)

1 (only one) would have a college education.

50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation

33 would be without access to a safe water supply.

If to take a look at the world from this condensed perspective,
the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes evident.

Think of it!

If you woke up this morning with more health than sickness,
you are luckier than the million that will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced a war,a loneliness of an imprisonment,an agony of tortures,or a famine

You are happier, than 500 million persons in this world.

If you are able to go to church, mosque or synagogue without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death,
you are happier, than 3 billion persons in this world.

If there is a meal in your refrigerator,if you are dressed and have got shoes,if you have a bed and a roof above your head,

you are better off, than 75% of people in this world.

If your parents are still alive and still married,
then you are a rarity.

If you have a bank account,money in your purse,and there is some trifle in your coin box

you belong to 8% of well-provided people in this world.

If you read this text, you are blessed three times as much, because

You do not belong to those 2 billion people which cannot read

and... you have had your computer!

so

Work like you don't need money,

Love like you've never been hurt,

Dance like nobody's watching,

Sing like nobody's listening,

Be surprised, like you were born yesterday,

Tell the truth and you don't have to remember anything,

Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

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i really like the article's concept. sometimes, we just don't know how lucky we are.
be grateful always.