World statistics are good in some ways. They allow you to be amazed at the numbers,
the odds, the percentages of people with AIDS, starving, dying, misplaced,
afflicted, and homeless – the list is endless.
But, the downfall of statistics is that they fail to give pain a
face. They fall short of identifying the
problems of the world with real people.
Real people living, breathing, feeling, suffering, crying, praying and
asking why?!
Are they so different from us? Are you more than the statistic you fall
under? What is it now… 52% of families
are now broken homes? Wow! That makes us amazed, maybe even makes us
wonder; “what can be done?!”. But, what about
when the family is someone we know? When
it is our family? Now it is more than a
statistic – it becomes the reality of everyday life. There is no escaping when you are the statistic.
I am a statistics user.
Sometimes I like to discover new facts to make minds spin (along
with my own) and I don’t think there is anything intrinsically wrong with using
statistics, but somewhere along the way people have to start acting on the
stirrings and feelings in their heart.
Be amazed… and then do something!
Every statistic has a face, a name and a story. Learn them, know them, love them, and change
some statistics.
