如果世界是個100人的村落

剛收到一個題為"百人村"的email, 發現和我數年前從書中抄下來的那篇內裡數字已大不相同(不知那個較為正確?), 不過想表達的意思還是一樣!

其實我一直也很喜歡這篇文章, 也曾把它send給我的朋友!

現在我再把它post出來, 希望未看過的人可以用心看看, 已看過的人也重溫一下, 尤其留意最尾一段...

以下是我數年前從書中抄下來的:

如果世界是個100人的村落

目前全世界有63億人口。

如果世界縮小成只有100人的村子，

會變成怎樣呢?

這100人之中，

52人是女性，48人是男性。

30人是小孩，70人是大人，其中7人是老人。

90人是異性戀者，10人是同性戀者。

70人是有色人種，30人是白人。

61人是亞洲人，13人是非洲人，有13人來自南美和北美，12人是歐洲人，剩下的是南太平洋地區的人。

33人是基督教徒，19人是回教徒，13人是印度教徒，6人信仰佛教，5人相信樹木或石頭等，所有大自然的事物都各有其靈魂。24人信仰其他的宗教、或者沒什麼宗教信仰。

17人說中國話，9人說英語，8人說印度話和烏爾都語，6人說西班牙語，6人說俄語，4人說阿拉伯語。這些人佔去全村一半的人口。剩下一半的人口包括了說孟加拉語、葡萄牙語、印尼話、日本話、德語、法語等語言的人。

在這個有著各色各樣居民的村子裡，最重要的就是要學著去理解和自己不一樣的人，並接受他人原本的模樣。

另外，也請你試想一下，在這100人的村民之中，有20人營養不良，1人瀕臨餓死邊緣，但也有15人過於肥胖。

至於全村的財富，有6人擁有其中的59%，而且他們全都是美國人。有74人擁有其中的39%，有20人分著剩下的2%。

至於全村的能源，有20人耗費掉其中的80%，有80人分用著剩下的20%。

75人的食物來源不虞匱乏，也有地方可以遮風避雨。可是，剩下的25人可不是這樣。有17人喝不到乾淨、安全的水。

如果你銀行裡有錢，錢包裡有錢，家中的角落還看得到零錢的話，那麼，你是8個最富有的人當中的1人。

如果你擁有一輛車，那麼，你是7個最富有的人當中的1人。

村民之中1人受過大學教育。2人擁有電腦。14人不識字。

如果你可以免除被干預或被逮捕、被拷問或死亡的恐懼，並本著你的信念和自我意識來行動和發言的話，那麼，比起無法這麼做的48人，你真是幸運多了。

如果你可以不必畏懼空襲、武裝襲擊、地雷等形式的殺戮、或來自武裝集團的強暴和綁架，那麼比起無法脫離這些恐懼的20人，你真是幸運多了。

1年之中，村裡會有1人死亡，不過，1年中也會有2名嬰兒誕生，到了年底，村裡就有101個人了。

如果你可以讀到這封電子郵件，那意味著這一刻，你的幸福將會增加2倍甚至3倍。那是因為有人想到你，而且，還寄了這篇文章給你，另外，就是你擁有閱讀的能力。

最重要的是，你可以活在這個世界上。

曾經有人說過：從你手中送走的，會再回到你的手中。

所以請你發自心底的歌唱吧！自在的跳舞吧！用心的活下去吧！就算受傷，也當作沒有受過傷似的去愛吧！

請你去愛這個有你和有其他人的村子吧！

如果我們之中有更多的人懂得愛這個村子，相信一定可以拯救這個村子，使這個村子不因暴行而有所分裂。

If the world were a village of 100 people

In the world today, 6 billion 300 million people live. If this world were shrunk to the size of a village, what would it look like?

If 100 people lived in this village,

52 would be women, 48 would be men.

30 would be children, 70 would be adults, among those, 7 would be aged.

90 would be heterosexual, 10 would be gay or lesbian.

70 would be non-white, 30 would be white.

61 would be Asians, 13 Africans, 13 from North and South American, 12 Europeans, and the remaining one from the South Pacific.

33 would be Christians, 19 believers in Islam, 13 would be Hindus, and 6 would follow Buddhist teaching. 5 would believe that there are spirits in the trees and rocks and in all of nature. 24 would believe in other

religions, or would believe in no religion.

17 would speak Chinese, 9 English, 8 Hindi and Urdu, 6 Spanish, 6 Russian, and 4 would speak Arabic. That would account for half the village. The other half would speak Bengal, Portuguese, Indonesian, Japanese, German,

French, or some other languages.

In such a village, with so many sorts of folks, it would be very important to learn to understand people different from yourself, and to accept others as they are.

But consider this. Of the 100 people in this village, 20 are undernourished, 1 is dying of starvation, while 15 are overweight.

Of the wealth in this village, 6 people own 59%, -all of them from United States- 74 people own 39%, and 20 people share the remaining 2%.

Of the energy of this village, 20 people consume 80%, and 80 people share the remaining 20%.

75 people have some supply of food and a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 25 do not. 17 have no clean, safe water to drink.

If you have money in the bank, money in your wallet and spare change somewhere around the house, you are among the richest 8.

If you have a car, you are among the richest 7.

Among the villagers 1 has a college education. 2 have computers. 14 cannot read.

If you can speak and act according to your faith and your conscience without harassment, imprisonment, torture or death, then you are more fortunate than 48, who cannot.

If you do not live in fear of death by bombardment, armed attack, landmines, or of rape or kidnapping by armed groups, then you are more fortunate than 20, who do.

In one year, 1 person in the village will die, but, in the same year, 2 babies will be born, so that at the year's end, the number of villagers will be 101.

If you can read this e-mail, that means you are thrice-blessed. First, because someone thought of you, and sent you this message. Second, because you are able to read. Third, and most important, because you are alive.

Someone once said: What you send out, Comes back again.

So sing from the bottom of your heart, dance with your body waving free, and live, putting your soul into it. And when you love, love as though you have never been wounded, even if you have.

And love the fact that you, and others, live here, in this village.

Perhaps, if enough of us learn to love our village, it may yet be possible to save it from the violence that is tearing it apart.