So, during my time on social networks throughout the day, I see an alarmingly large amount of people using the phrase "The Struggle is Real." Not familiar? Click here ---> Here .. This "here" link should take you directly to a buzzfeed website listing 28 times when people thought the struggle was real. Yup, every single day people honestly think that these things are a struggle. I'm no exception, that's for sure. However, every once in a while I stop to think about these petty things I "struggle" with, and I can't help but almost laugh out loud at myself. (LOL). Okay anyways, I can't even imagine the sufferings of people throughout the world who would praise a God they might not even know if it meant they could struggle like we do. So let me throw some findings your way (note I said findings, not facts, but I think they're pretty close to accurate):
1. There are in this very second (according to Worldometers) 7,272,407,460 people in the world.
2. 868 Million people are Undernourished in the world.
3. Every year, 2.6 Million children die due to hunger related causes
4. In 2012, 1.6 Million people died from HIV/AIDS
What do these numbers mean? I can't save the world? There are always going to be people dying out there? Survival of the fittest? These are all legitimate excuses for ignoring the problem..
Let me break it down for you.
1. Lets pretend instead of billions of people, there's only 600. New York Times says that's a rough average estimate of how many other people a person may know.
2. Of those 600 people, 72 of them are undernourished because they're starving to death
3. Within the next 3-4 years, one of those 600 people will have a child who will die from hunger. You'll probably have to attend their funeral.
4. In the next 8-10 years, one of those 600 people will contract AIDS and die. Again, another funeral for someone you know.
I'm not trying to get you to donate to my cause, or fund my trip to Africa to save everyone. I just want you to stop for 2 seconds next time you're struggling to put your feet on your carpeted floor and jump in your warm shower and think about others. I can only hope that if we all do this, it will make a difference in what we all refer to as "The Struggle."
