How many new people do we come into contact with on a weekly basis? Five? Three? Hmm... How many people have we met in a lifetime? Hundreds? Thousands? Hmm...
One in five of them have cancer.
One in seven is black.
One in three is Republican.
One in three is a Democrat.
One in five hundred is a registered sex offender.
One in twenty has diabetes.
One in three is obese.
One in three hundred have AIDS.
One in four has an STD.
One in five is circumcized.
One in ten doesn't know the words to the Star Spangled Banner.
One in five didn't make their bed.
One in two drinks straight from the milk carton.
One in ten didn't have breakfast.
Nine in ten lie regularly.
One in thirty is gay.
One in three have pee'd in a swimming pool.
I sway back and forth with feelings of reverence and disdain for my fellow man. My faith is challenged when I consider many of the above. The other day, as I walked from class, I thought about the likelihood that I've been in contact, at some level of intimacy, with a murderer. If you think about stuff like that, you go a little crazy. Or is it crazier?
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You need a good spanking, Mr. Tesch.
ReplyDeleteIt reads like another type of diversity. That's the way the cookie crumbles. On second thought not all cookies crumble. Those are the ones we should all seek.
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