Consider your Current Wealth

There was an email going around by an unknown author that says; 

If you woke up this morning
 with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the
 million who won't survive the 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 20 million people
 around the world.

If you can attend a church meeting 
without fear of harassment, 
arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost
 three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over
 your head 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.

Now does life look so bad?

Just the fact that you have access to a computer and are reading this tells me that you are one of the world’s wealthy.

With all its ups and downs life is a wonderful opportunity for those of us in developed countries. Make the most of it.

And if you need something else to make you happy, take minute to do a small act of charity for those less fortunate. Donate money for the homeless. Sponsor a child. Write to a soldier. Visit someone in hospital. Pass along a smile.

There is real joy in counting our own blessings and even more joy in helping others less fortunate.