As the World Turns
Author Unknown

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 would be 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

(ONE)1 would be near death;

(ONE)1 would be near birth;

(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education;

(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would own computer.

When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.

And, therefore . . .

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 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 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 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 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 your parents are still alive and still married, you are very rare, even in the United States.

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 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 read this message, you have 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 who cannot read at all.

As you read this and are reminded how life is in the rest of the world, remember just how blessed you really are!

Reach out and Love Someone!

LET'S ROLL! - FLIGHT 93

She heard him say, "Let's roll", and then
As he laid down the phone.
She knew at once what he had meant,
Now she'd be all alone.

He had called to tell her, of his love,
From a hijacked plane that day.
And as she heard his little prayer,
He started on his way.

He and others made a pact,
To fight for what was right.
They knew that none of them would live,
They'd not be home tonight.

The terrorists were taken down,
The plane fell from the sky.
These heroes will forever live,
We'll hear their final cry.

"Remember Pearl Harbor"
Was the cry in another big war.
Just like they did in '41,
We'll rise up from the floor.

The battle cry, will now ring out,
As one voice, we'll shout, "Let's roll"
For to rid the world of terrorists,
Is now our Country's goal.

A monument will soon be built,
Where these heroes took their stand.
We owe each one our gratitude,
From all across the land.

Tonight let's pray, for these brave souls,
Who gave their very lives.
And for the parents, siblings too,
The children, husbands and the wives.

So look around and you might see,
A hero by your side.
We never know who might stand up,
And fight instead of hide.

I'm proud of those who serve today,
I hope we stand our ground.
It may take years for us to win,
'Till the killers all are found.

Now GOD, I ask YOUR blessing,
On this country we hold dear.
'Till the warriors return safely home,
Then we can stand and cheer!