If the world were a village of 100 people
如果世界是个一百人的村落
——To all my friends and loved ones
致朋友们以及我所爱的人们
Love from me
这是一份爱的礼物
Useful perspective
也是一席金玉良言
Donella H. Meadows (environmentalist)
唐纳拉·H. ·梅多斯（人类生态学者）
If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
如果我们把全世界的人口按照现有比率压缩为一个100人的村子，情况就会如同以下：
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
这个村子里有：
57人是亚洲人
21人是欧洲人
14人是来自西半球的南、北美洲
52 would be female
48 would be male
52人是女性
48人是男性
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70人是有色人种
30人是白人
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
70人是非基督徒
30人是基督徒
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
89人是异性恋者
11人是同性恋者
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
6人拥有全世界59%的财富而且这6人全是美国人
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
80人的居住环境不达标准
70人是文盲
50人苦于营养不良
1人濒临死亡边缘；1人正要出生
1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
1人（是的，只有1人)会接受大学教育
1人拥有电脑
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.
透过这个压缩图来放眼我们的世界就会明晓接纳他人、谅解、以及教育是何等重要。
The following is also something to ponder…
再从以下角度来想看……
If you woke up this morning with more health that illness … you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
如果你早上醒来的时候健康无恙……那么， 比起活不过这一周的百万人来说，你真是幸运多了。
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, of the pangs of starvation… you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
如果你未曾经历战争的危险、入狱的孤独、严刑的苦楚、饥饿的痛苦……那么，比起世界上5亿的人来，你真是幸运多了。
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep… you are richer than 75% of this world.
如果你冰箱里有食物，身上有衣服可穿，有屋篷遮蔽，有地方睡觉……那么，比起世界上75%的人来，你真是富足多了。
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in dish someplace… you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealth.
如果你银行中有存款，钱包中也有钱，还能到某处消费、点菜……你便跻身于世界上最富有的8%人口中了。
If your parents are still alive and still married … you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada.
如果你的父母依然健在，而且还在一起生活的话……这可是非常难得的事，即使是在美国与加拿大。
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
如果你能读到此文，那意味着你获得了双重的祝福，因为有人想到了你，而且与世界上超过20亿的文盲人口来比，你真是幸运多了。
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
有人说过：我所付出的终将会有回报。
So…
Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching.
Sing like nobody’s listening.
Live like it’s Heaven on Earth.
所以……
去工作时，犹如你已不需要金钱。
去爱他人，犹如你从未曾被伤害。
去舞蹈吧，犹如无人在一旁观看。
去歌唱吧，犹如无人在一边倾听。
好好地生活，犹如这里是人间乐土。
