This makes you appreciate what you have..

[msnln]

I stumbled onto this site and made me think about how blessed we are even with all the problems we have. This site gives statistics of the world.

http://www.miniature-earth.com/

[JanH]

Wow. Puts things in perspective doesn't it?

[PRICEPLUS]

It really does make me appreciate what I have!

[rduell]

Very powerful.

[shelbylovesmelby]

Thanks for sharing this

[genmed]

Very enlightening. Helps to put everything in perspective rather than looking at a large number (i.e. 50 million). It also gives me the hope that I could contribute and help make a difference in someone else's life.

[Broken Arrow]

Wow. A powerful message... and a well-made Flash file.... anyways, thank you for sharing.

[PrincessPerky]

I love the section on the fridge, closet, bed and roof....I see so many complaining of poverty..when they know nothing of true poverty..(and thankfully I only know of it, I always had a roof and the 'fixins'..just not the cable.)

[miclason]

well, living in a Third World Country you are always aware....I think I'm especially aware, too, because I was adopted...my biological parents were agricultural workers, already had 3 children and could not afford a 4th one....believe me, when I see the women selling flowers on the street and I'm passing by in my car, I always think to myself: that could be me....I had a boss who used to think the world of me and, at one point, we got to discuss intelligence and genetics (because we had tested some siblings of some of our staff and he was amazed at how close the numbers were....2 or 3 points at the most) and he remarked on sis and I...and I started laughing and I said: oh, we are proof it's not genetic!...he was amazed when I told him the story and he said: You mean there are people as smart as you just walking about that cannot achieve the things you have just because they didn't have the opportunities you did?...and I said: not exactly...there are people with the potential intelligence who never even got to develop it because their brains were starved in infancy AND on top of that they were not given the proper opportunities...
You see it on the news all the time -- and it makes me so mad because it is preventable! -- children dying of malnourishment....1 year olds who weigh about 9 lbs....my daughter is the 2nd shortest girl in her class....and, whenever we go to the countryside, it turns out she's about the size of a 9 year old! ...remember at the beginning of the year, when I went shopping for my boss's maid child, and he was 5 and wore size 4 clothes?...and they were BIG on him!....

[JanH]

I don't think we realize just how difficult it is for countless people in the world to have basic food needs met. Or water, or medical care.

[boefixepa]

The best thing I ever did in my life was live and serve in a third world country. We are truly blessed and I wish there were an easy answer to fix it all.