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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
compressedperspective,
　the need for
acceptance, understanding and
education
　becomes glaringly apparent.

　The following points are
also something else 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.

　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.