Friday, May 2nd, 2008
counting my blessings
The richest 20% of the world accounts for over a third of the world’s income. The poorest 40% of the world accounts for less than 5% of the world’s income. Half the world, nearly three billion people, live on less than two dollars a day. And we spend it for a cup of coffee in the morning like it’s pocket change.
I was talking to an Auntie and she was telling me that I really knew how to enter this world. I live in a family with lots of stability, and loving parents. I live in an amazing place, and a house that is far from ordinary. I am healthy, and have a fully functional brain that can get me through University. And it at first, I shrugged it off like what she said didn’t have any impact on me.
But really, I could sense the envy in her remarks. And it got me thinking about how lucky I am. From the statistics, I figure I probably reside in the top 2% of the world’s economy. That’s pretty much 120 million people. And of this 2%, I am fortunate to enough to live in a family with a profession that lands in the 0.2% of Canada. All these stats must be mind numbing, but really God has blessed me with so much. And I have to be constantly reminded that everything that I have, is not mine. But God’s. He has provided for me, long before I was even born.
People that whine about not having this or that – shouldn’t complain. Cause can you imagine living as a kid in a third world country? One out of every two kids in the world starve. And it’s just a good reminder to count your blessings everyday and lead your life in a way that demands God to continue to bless you.
on Monday, May 26th, 2008 at 10:18 pm:
yes, yes, yes