Are You Blessed?

[pk]

Are You Blessed?
by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown

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 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 your parents are still alive and still married........you are 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 prayed yesterday and today........you are in the minority because you believe God does hear and answer prayers.


If you can read now, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

[dgridley]

That was worth a tweet.. thanks for the post!

[pk]

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.

This one really got to me. Made me really stop and think.

[dgridley]

I've been on both sides of the fence a few times so it hit home with me as well..

It might seem funny to some but when your bills are all paid up to date, your stomach is full, and you have toilet paper in the bathroom closet, life is good.

Everytime I'm wishing I had a donut, I think about this pic:



Supposedly a pic of a yound Sudanese child crawling for food, you can read the background on this heartbreaking photo here:

Kevin Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kevin Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kevin Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[dgridley]

We may not have it in our power to help many, but we can always make a difference to one..

One Person Can Make a Difference

One morning just before dawn, a man woke early so he could watch the sunrise over the ocean. As he walked along the beach, he came across a young girl who seemed to be doing something peculiar. She was picking up starfish and throwing them into the sea-one after another. He asked her what she was doing.

"The tide washes up all these starfish and they can't get back by themselves," she said. "they will die in the sun if I don't throw them back in the water."

The man looked up and down the beach at the thousands of stranded starfish. He couldn't help telling her, "But there are too many starfish to save before sunrise. Why bother? You won't make much of a difference."

She paused for a moment, then picked up another starfish and threw it as far as her slender arm could manage. With a satisfied grin, she turned to the man and simply said, "I made a difference to that one."

The man stood in silence, considering the girl's youthful wisdom. Then with a smile of his own, he reached down for a starfish...and tossed it into the sea.

[pk]

What an incredibly sad picture. I had to just sit and stare at it for awhile. Makes you wish you could just reach in and pick that wee child up and feed and take care of him. That bird is so nasty how he is just waiting. How awful.

[pk]

One Person Can Make a Difference

This is also a powerful story to read. I think I may have posted it here somewhere among our many posts before too.

Thanks for sharing.

[keith]

Considerate of others.

Counting our blessings.

Good posts.

Regards,
Keith

[pk]

Good post. Wanted to bump it for others that missed it the first time.

[dgridley]

With Thanksgiving around the corner, time to bump up this thread, don't you think?