Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44. Road traffic crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally. Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5-14. Each year nearly 400,000 people under 25 die on the world's roads, on average over 1,000 a day. Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world's vehicles. Road crashes cost USD $518 billion globally, costing individual countries from 1-2% of their annual GDP. Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries USD $65 billion annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmental assistance. Unless action is taken, road ...
Did you see what this girl did? This two-year-old girl was watching a cartoon in her parents living room. At one point, one of the cartoon characters started to cry. you could actually see the tears coming out of their eyes. This young girl grabbed a tissue from the living room, walked up to the television and started to wipe the screen. Trying to wipe the tear of the cartoon character. It was an incredible show of kindness, compassion, empathy, and love from this two-year-old girl. She truly believed that the cartoon character was crying and that her, with the tissue, would be able to wipe away its tears. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. and that was when I realized that we're wired for generosity but educated for greed. When we're young we have this energy to give, to serve, to be compassionate to be loving, to be kind. But as we go through life, when we're faced with people being extremely challenging, when we're faced with manipul...
The Secret for a Happy Relationship or Marriage M arriage expert John Gottman can sit with newly engaged couples for 15 minutes or less and predict with 94% success. The likelihood of whether that couple will be happily married or miserable and divorced. what is his secret? How does he do it? He says the key to relationship success does not lie in candlelight dinners. it is not found in trips to paris or horse and carriage rides under moonlit skies. It is not found in getting your partner a different gift every other week. And it is not found during long walk on the beach. G ottman says the most important factor for a happy marriage is attention. small moments of positive attention. When i heard this, I thought about my mom. When i was six, she told me that it was the little things that make the big difference. And as i look back on my parents' failed marriage, i see that it was those little things that eventually became non-existent and if you're reading th...
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