TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONESLove from meUseful PerspectiveIF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGEOF 100 PEOPLE如果世界是一个100 人的村落Ifwecouldshrinktheearth'spopulationtoavillageofprecisely100people,Withalltheexistinghumanratiosremainingthesame,如果我们把全世界的人口，按照现有比率缩小成一个100人的村落，itwouldlooksomethinglikethefollowing:情况就会如同以下：Therewouldbe:57Asians57个亚洲人21Europeans21个欧洲人14fromtheWesternHemisphere,bothnorthandsouth14个南、北美洲人8Africans8个非洲人Therewouldbe:52female52人是女性48male48人是男性Therewouldbe:70non-white70人是有色人种30white30人是白人Therewouldbe:70non-Christian70人是非教徒30Christian30人是教徒Therewouldbe:heterosexual人是异性恋者11homosexual11人是同性恋者6peoplewouldpossess59%oftheentireworld'swealthandall6wouldbefromtheUnitedStates6人拥有全世界59%的财富而且这6人全是美国人80wouldliveinsubstandardhousing80人的居住环境达不到标准70wouldbeunabletoread70人目不识丁50wouldsufferfrommalnutrition50人营养不良1wouldbeneardeath1人濒临死亡1wouldbenearbirth一人正要出生1(yes,only1)wouldhaveacollegeeducation一人，是的只有一人，接受得到大学教育1wouldownacomputer1人拥有电脑Whenoneconsidersourwouldfromsuchacompressedperspective,Theneedforacceptance,understandingandeducationbecomesglaringlyapparent.透过这个压缩图来放眼我们的世界，就会明白接纳他人、谅解以及教育是何等重要The following is also something to ponder…… 再从以下角度来想想看……Ifyouwokeupthismorningwithmorehealththanillness……如果你早上醒来的时候健康无恙Youaremoreblessedthanthemillionwhowillnotsurvivethisweek.那么，比起活不过这一周的百万人来说，你真是好幸运Ifyouhaveneverexperiencedthedangerofbattle,如果你未曾经历过战争的危险Thelonelinessofimprisonment,入狱的孤独Theagonyoftorture,orthepangsofstarvation……严刑的痛楚、饥饿的折磨Youareaheadof500millionpeopleintheworld那么，比起世界上5亿的人来，你直是好幸运Ifyouhavefoodintherefrigerator,如果你的冰箱里有食物Clothesonyourback,身上有衣服可穿Arootoverheadandaplacetosleep……有屋篷遮蔽，有地方睡觉Youarericherthan75%ofthisworld那么，比起世界上75%的人来，你真是好富足Ifyouhavemoneyinthebank,inyourwallet,如果你银行中有存款，钱包里也有钱Andsparechangeindishsomeplace……还能到某个地方消费买菜Youareamongthetop8%oftheworld's你便跻身于世界上最富有的8%人口当中了Ifyourparentsarestillaliveandstillmarried……如果你的父母健在，而且还在一起生活的话Youarevaryrare,evenintheUnitedStatesandCanada这可是非常难得的事，即使是在美国和加拿大Someoneoncesaid:有人说过Whatgoesaroundcomesaround我们所付出的终将会回归SO …… 所以Worklikeyoudon'tneedthemoney工作吧，犹如你不执迷于金钱Lovelikeyou'veneverbeenhurt恋爱吧，犹如你不曾被伤害Dancelikenobody'swatching跳舞吧，犹如没有人在看你Singlikenobody'slistening歌唱吧，犹如没有人在谛听Livelikeit'sHeavenonEarth好好地生活，犹如这里是人间乐土
