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To: TimF who wrote (6417)6/13/2003 7:18:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7720
 
Ponderables

The following is something to ponder:

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

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 offer the healing touch.

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you,
you are wealthy enough to have an internet connection and power on,
and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone how blessed we all are.

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To: TimF who wrote (6417)6/13/2003 7:20:08 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 7720
 
All right, so Niven oversimplified a bit. Hey, he was writing science fiction! :-)

Niven's organlegger future appears rather unlikely. Rather than submit to that, I think even the Church could grow fond of stem cells. :-)