How do I know today will be a good day?
Every day
has the potential to be one and you’re reading this list:
1. You’re
reading this post. Most of the world cannot read in any language much less in
two or more tongues. (Es necesario que comprender espanol).
2. You
have a heartbeat. On average, 150,000 people never will feel their heart beats
again.
3. You
have clean water. Regardless of its source (the sink, water cooler, or
Wal-Mart), you have something that most of the world does not regularly use.
That being said, coffee, beer, and tea can be made as is the ability to flush a
toilet. A billion people on this planet just pee or poop wherever they see fit
and that sometimes includes what we consider clean water sources like creeks
and lakes.
4. You
have internet access. That in itself is really a First World problem, so take
advantage of the world around you and not just in your pea brained small towns.
5. You
can get health care. While your feelings about the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act are what they are, at least you’re not
literally giving an arm and a leg to stay healthy.
6. If
you have a college education, then you’re part of an exclusive minority
worldwide: Less than 7 percent of all
humanity has at least a bachelor’s degree.
7. Your
income is within the top 1 percent worldwide assuming you make at least $34,000
per year – many people live on less than $2 per day! If you’re not there yet,
don’t worry; you’ll get there.
8. You
have social media. In most parts of the world, Facebook and Twitter are
considered luxuries that primarily share in the good fortune, abundance, smoked
pork butts, and what the baby just spit up on you.
9. You’ve
had time to meditate. A large number of people wake up running for survival in
a literal Predator vs. Prey game which the politicians and warlords are the
predators, and everyone else is prey.
No matter how bad you think your day is, there are
at least 150,000 people who would gladly trade places with you.
Excellent read sir !
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