Ben Milstead

Is the glass half full or half empty?  Your perspective changes everything and it’s nice to be reminded that, no matter how bad it seems to be, things could always be worse. 

-  Your house isn’t big enough?  Tell that to the single mother living in a one bedroom apartment.  I talked to “that woman” this week.  All she wants is a house that belongs to her with more than one bedroom.

- You don’t have enough money?  There are 1.2 billion people in the world that live on less than $1 a day!  Another 1.8 billion live on less than $2 a day.  I’ll bet the $1 people think the $2 people are rich…..

-  Don’t like what you are eating for supper?  Around 45,000 people die EVERY DAY from starvation!

- Gas prices are too high?  90% of the worlds population do not own a vehicle.

-  Don’t like the taste of your water?  12 million people die each year from lack of water.  This includes 3 million CHILDREN!

- Finally, you think your kids behavior is bad?  I read this story today….

 SYDNEY, Australia —  A blank-faced 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo’s director said Friday.

The boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australiaearly Wednesday, then went on a 30-minute killing spree, using a rock to slay three lizards, including the zoo’s beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to “Terry,” an 11-foot, 440-pound vsaltwater crocodile, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.

P.S.  Clemson fans!  You think your team is bad?  At least you aren’t a Gamecock fan!  Happy Friday.