A Thought...

When I was visiting in Montreal, my mother gave me a photocopy of something she read in the paper...

If you woke up this morning

with more health than illness,

you are more blessed than the

millions who won't survive the week.

If you have never experienced

the danger of battle,

the lonliness of imprisonment,

the agony of torture or

the pangs of starvation,

you are ahead of 20 million people

around the world.

If you attend a religious meeting

without fear or 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 waller, and spare change

in a dish someplace, you are among

the top 8% of the world's wealthy

If you parents are still married and

alive, you are very rare.

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 can hold someone's hand, hug

them or even touch

them on the shoulder,

you are blessed because you can

offer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message,

you are more blessed than over

two billion people in the world

that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways

you may never even know.

And your blessing can be shared as a

source of blessing to other people.