Recently, we had an “energy” request (from across the province) to shut
off all lights and hydro-related equipment for one hour on a Saturday evening
from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The “energy
savings” in Hamilton and Burlington, alone, had phenomenal
results. Bill Sherk quoted in his
book Try
to Keep up With Me if You Can: Planet
Earth is the only home we have
and we
would be wise to take care of it.
On April 22, I shall publish Tribute to Earth Part II…followed later by Part III.
Since two of my
ardent blog readers have sent me the following,
I must consider it
significant for others to also read.
If you could fit the entire
population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining
the proportions of all of the people living on Earth, that village would
consist of:
57 Asians...21
Europeans...14 Americans (North, Central, South)...8 Africans.
There would
be: 52 women and 48 men
30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
30 Christians and 70 non-Christians
89 heterosexuals and 11
homosexuals
6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would
all come from the USA.
80 would live in poverty
70 would be illiterate
50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
1 would be dying
1would be born
1 would own a computer
1 (yes, only one) would have a University degree.
If we looked at
the world in this way,
the need for
acceptance and understanding would be obvious.
But...consider
the following:
If … you woke up
this morning in good health, you have more luck than 1 million
people who won't live through the week!
If … you have
never experienced the “horror of war”, the “solitude of prison”, the “pain of
torture” or were not “close to death by starvation” , then you are better off
than 500 million people!
If … you can go
to your place of worship without fear that someone will assault or kill you,
then you are luckier than 3 billion
(that's right) people!
If … you have a
full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep,
you are wealthier than 75% of the world's population!
If … you
currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse,
you are 1 of 8 of the privileged few!
If … your
parents are still alive and still married, you're a rare individual!
If … someone
sent you this message, you're extremely lucky!
Someone is thinking of you and because you don't comprise one of those 2
billion people who cannot read!
AND SO: WORK like you don't need the money!
LOVE like nobody has ever
hurt you!
DANCE like nobody is
watching!
SING like nobody is
listening!
LIVE like this was “Paradise on Earth”!
Send this message to your
friends. Bypass those who are determined
to see the worst in the world, no matter what.
If you don't send it...nothing will happen. If you do send it, someone might smile
while he or she is reading it...and that
will be a positive!
Words of Wisdom
“Smell every
flower...fly with every bird.
Find beauty and
wisdom ~
since wisdom is found
wherever there is beauty.”
(Author unknown)
Crafted by Merle Baird-Kerr...March 10, 2013
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