HalleluYah!!! I have nothing to complain about!!! – can we say this without any hitch in our heart? Let us consider the following facts before we answer this question.
1- Nearly 150,000 people die each day around the world.
2- Approximately 6,700 new-born babies die every day.
3- Every single day, some 6,000 women and men around the world die due to work-related accidents or diseases.
4- Worldwide, as many as 811 million [81.1 crore] people go to bed hungry each night – about 60% of India’s population.
5- About 1 billion [100 Crores] people in the world, live with less than 1 dollar per day.
6- More than half of the world’s population – about 4 billion [400 Crores] – live with less than 10 dollars a day.
7- About 18 per cent of world’s population owns a car. That means, 82% of the people don’t have a car.
8- Almost half the world’s population – 4 billion people [400 Crores] – still struggles to meet basic human needs.
What have we to complain about my brother and my sister?
"To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us -- and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him."