Have you ever checked out the lake at Cardiff park for sailing?  I was walking out there this morning and saw a pair of loons, some ducks, tons of red-wing black birds and one big amazing crane.  Not many people, and a big lake to use.  Food for thought.

 

Take care,  Brenda

 

 

 

>  INTERESTING STATISTICS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>If the earth could be shrunk to the size of a village, which is
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>inhabited by exactly 100 people, keeping all proportions of all
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>races, there would be more or less:
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>57 Asians
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>21 Europeans
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>14 people from west hemisphere (south and north)
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>8 Africans
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>52 women
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>48 men
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>70 non-white
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>30 white
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>70 non-Christians
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>30 Christians
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>89 heterosexuals
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>11 homosexuals
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>6 people would own 59% of the world’s wealth and all 6 would be
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>from the USA
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>80 people would be destitute
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>70 people would not be able to read
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>50 people would suffer from malnutrition
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>1 person would be close to dying
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>1 person would almost be born
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>1 (yes, only 1) would have been in higher education
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>1 person would own a computer
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>If you look at the world from such perspective, the need of
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>acceptance, understanding and education becomes clearly visible.
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>***
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>What is also notable is that:
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>If you woke up this morning more healthy than ill,
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>You are more lucky than a million of people who will not live till the
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>next week.
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>If you’ve never experienced dangers of war,loneliness, prison, torture
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>or hunger, you’re in a better position than 500 million of people in the
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>world.
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>If you can go to church without the fear of being arrested, tortured
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>or killed, you’re happier than a billion of people on this planet.
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>If you have a home, clothes to wear, food in fridge and have
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>somewhere to sleep, you’re richer than 75% of world population.
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>If you have some money in your bank and some change in your
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>pocket, you belong to 7% of officially rich people.
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>If you’re parents are still alive and still married, you’re a rarity.
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>If you can read this message, you have been given double
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>blessing: someone thinks about you, and what’s more, you’re
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>happier and more lucky than 2 billion of people who can’t read at
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>all.
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>Here are conclusions:
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>Work as if you didn’t need money,
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>Love as if no one’s hurt you,
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>  Go for a beer with your gang always when you feel like it,
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>Have sex 3 times a day :))))
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>Dance as if no one was looking
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>Live as if this was Heaven on Earth