Perspective

I just read a statistic, actually I re-read it because I already knew it. The stat was in a report from one of our church's Vulnerable Children's Task Force members concerning our work in Kenya, Africa. Here's the stat:

Across Kenya, the unemployment rate is 40 percent and 50 percent of Kenyans live below the poverty line. The World Bank defines the poverty line as people living on less than $1.25 a day.

"Less than $1.25 a day." I'm sitting at Starbucks drinking a $4 latte while I read this. Talk about putting things in perspective.