1. Do you have food in the fridge, clothes to wear, a roof over your head and a bed to sleep in …
Then you are richer
than 75% of the world population

2. If you have money in the bank, some money in your wallet and a bit in the money-box ...
Then you belong to the 8% rich people in the world

3. If you woke up this morning, more healthy than sick ...
Then you are better of than the million that won’t survive this week ...

4. If you don’t have to fear for war, the loneliness of imprisonment, bending under torture or suffering pain ...
Then you are better of than at least 500 million people in this world...

5. If you can go to church without being bullied, arrested, tortured or killed...
Then you are luckier than numerous people in the world.

6. If your parents are alive and still married …
Than you are rare, even here.

7. If you keep your head up with a smile and grateful for that...
Than you belong to the good ones, because many are able to show gratitude, but only a few actually do …

8. Can you take somebody’s hand, give a hug, a pat on the shoulder ...
Than you are lucky, because you can healingly touch somebody ...

9. When you can read this, you are double lucky, because somebody was thinking about you, and also ...
Chosen, because 2 billion people in this world cannot read at all !

10. Ida Bakker & Thea van de Velde
It’s a beautiful day, remember how lucky you are!
Pass this message through to your friends, so that we can all really understand how lucky we are!
Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!
Ida Bakker & Thea van de Velde
2006