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> >*****
> >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 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 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.
> >
> >*****
> >
> >His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while
> >trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming
> >from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
> >
> >There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy,
> >screaming and struggling to free himself.
> >
> >Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and
> >terrifying death.
> >
> >The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse
> >surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced
> >himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
> >
> >"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
> >"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer
> >replied, waving off the offer.
> >
> >At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family
> >hovel.
> >
> >"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
> >"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
> >"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my
> >son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt
> >grow to be a man we both will be proud of."
> >
> >And that he did.
> >
> >Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, he
> >graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on
> >to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander
> >Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
> >
> >Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was
> >stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time?
> >
> >Penicillin.
> >
> >The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
> >His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
> >
> >Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
> >
> >*****
> >
> >Work like you don't need the money.
> >Love like you've never been hurt.
> >Dance like nobody's watching.
> >Sing like nobody's listening.
> >Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

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titanic1912

very inspiring!! we are really fortunate.. :mellow3:

chinkai

I like the last story. What goes round, comes round - indeed so. Thank you for sharing!

皆さん、こんにちは。僕はチンカイです。どうぞよろしくお願いします。


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wenchong1985

fortunate?! fortunate that the wealth in this world is not disturbute equally?

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finaldust

quite nice and interesting

to fall in love is always easy
to start a relationship is always simple
to build it, is always tough
to maintain it, is 'better said than done'
to break off, is 'easier said than done'
to remain friends after u broke off, is never possible
to forget the memories is 'always doing but never succeeding'
to heal the pain within is hard and tough and never near simple
but one has to try to heal your own heart...

Ican

Very impressive article. Thanks....Like always, keep it coming

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YOURLOVER

inspiring. man aren't we fortunate enough ?

lkarren

lol:biggrin4: love the penicilin story, thanks for sharing!

lonerlost

Wow... Thats like so coincidental! Truly a great story

xiaopillow-

i liked the last few quotes in the end. (:

anti-soccerplayerswhoinvadethebballcourt D:

simplepris

i believe the wealth is equally distributed.. wealth does not necessary comes in the form of cash, gold, jewellery.. to me, wealth can also be happiness, health, love..

as long as we are contented with wat we have, anyone of us can be wealthy.. if one is not contented, having all the monetary riches in this world will still not be enough.. and hence the person will still be a poor rich man/woman..

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astrea

whoa the fleming story is really good....

For3ver

Amazing! keep up with the posting:o)