The precise numbers change with time, but in relative terms the following in pretty accurate ….
“If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 percent of the world.
If you have money in your bank, your wallet, and some spare change, you are among 8 percent of the world’s wealthy.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture or the horrible pangs of starvation, you are luckier than 500 million people alive and suffering.
If you can read this message, you are more fortunate than 3 billion people in the world who cannot read at all.”
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Given how much the vast majority of the World’s population would enjoy swapping places with us, it seems such a tragic waste that we might not only take our lot for granted, but allow ourselves to be miserable about it too. Perhaps it is time for a rethink?
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