Earth's eight billion people, many with empty plates, need love to live

Earth made up of the crowd. [Getty Images]

You are one in a billion. This week the total population in the world passed the eight billion mark. Eight billion is a staggering number. The weight of the residents is heavy. The heaviness is not so much the physical weight but the weight in the form of hopes and dreams, pain and possibilities.

The Garden of Eden began with one human. Earth was fresh - succulent with plenty. But the planet was obviously too big for just one person. Its sheer size told it was made for many. Even if Adam wanted the earth all to himself, loneliness would kill him! Company was inevitable because humans are essentially social.