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In considering the earth's population the following is 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.