There's a lot of talk going on about what a hard time each of us is having in our own ways during the holiday season. Jo Jo sent this to me & I think it offers an excellent perspective:

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, and a place to sleep; you are richer than 75 percent of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and a little spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top eight percent of the world's
wealthy.

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 a battle, the loneliness of imprisonment or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

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

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you are able to offer a healing touch.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, your are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

And lastly, if you can read this, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.