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15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by Giftedgreen: 9:30am On Sep 12, 2014
Are you of the opinion that you have a messy life?

The fact that you can read this right now shows that you are more lucky than more than half the population of the world.

You don’t believe us? Let the facts speak for themselves

1. 4.3 billion People (More than half the population of the world) live on less than $2 (about N300) a day.

[size=4pt]http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/ourlives/bank.asp
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2. 100 million go to bed hungry every night.

[size=4pt]http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/ourlives/bank.asp
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3. 842 million people in the world do not have enough to eat

[size=4pt]http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
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4. 780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people

[size=4pt]http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/[/size]

5. 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.

[size=4pt]http://www.hebrew4christians.com/About_HFC/Death_Rate/death_rate.html[/size]

6. If you can read this article you are more fortunate than 785 million adults in the world who cannot read it at all.

[size=4pt]http://www.speakingbooks.com/impact/overview.html[/size]

7. ONE BILLION people still don't own a mobile phone

[size=4pt]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216625/Report-shows-1billion-people-dont-mobile-phone-half-world-access-internet.html[/size]

8. And a third of the world does not have access to the internet

[size=4pt]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216625/Report-shows-1billion-people-dont-mobile-phone-half-world-access-internet.html[/size]

9. 17,000 kids will die today of starvation.

[size=4pt]http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/17/italy.food.summit/[/size]

10. If you can afford to eat 3 meals a day for 3 weeks straight, you are in the top 15% of the richest people in the world

[size=4pt]https://raam.org/2011/income-ethics-planetary-social-responsibility/[/size]

11. 2.5 billion people, don’t have access to a toilet.

[size=4pt]http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/[/size]

12. If you have a bed, fridge, closet and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75 percent of the world.

13. If you have a bank account you are richer than 35 percent of the population.

[size=4pt]http://cgull8m.hubpages.com/hub/-If-This-World-Were-a-Village-of-100-people[/size]

14. If you have 1,000 in your wallet and owe no one you are richer than 25% of Americans

15. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.


Are you still complaining?


http://giftedgreen.com/2014/blog/2014/09/12/15-facts-that-will-make-you-realize-how-lucky-you-are/

Re: 15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by Freiburger(m): 9:45am On Sep 12, 2014
9. 17,000 kids will die today of starvation.
A world shame embarassed
Re: 15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by don33310(m): 10:06am On Sep 12, 2014
Op,thanks
Re: 15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by Giftedgreen: 10:08am On Sep 12, 2014
don33310: Op,thanks

You're welcome
Re: 15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by yorex2011: 10:26am On Sep 12, 2014
embarassed
Re: 15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by KillerBeauty(f): 10:29am On Sep 12, 2014
Thanks for the fresh perspective
Re: 15 Facts That Will Make You Realize How Lucky You Are by thankyouJesus(m): 7:47pm On Sep 12, 2014
Ope ooh. Thank you Jesus. "Jesu gbami ooh".
*singing in my sweet melodious voice*
PART 1.
All I want to saaaayyy is Baba ooooooohhhh, eeseee eeh eeh eeh eeh. All we have to saaaaayyyy is Baba oooooohhhh, eese.
PART 2.
Take all the glorrrrrrryyyyy, Jehoooovah take all the glorrrrryyy (2ce). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Where are my instrumentalists?

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