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My Humanitarian Wish List
Dancing Elephants Press Weekly Prompt 42 of 52
A wish list is a great thing. However, at my age, all of my wishes are for others. All of my goals (except for living to be 100) have been met. I’ve been, we’ve been, extremely fortunate.
Today, I’d like to share my wishes for the world. Let’s get to it, shall we:
1.No more war, cold, warm, or physical — Some would see it as thinning the herd or protecting what is theirs. Personally, I see it as a paradigm shift in the right direction. Every country has what it needs to succeed. If they don’t, buy, sell, barter, trade, or learn to use what you have.
The number of people's lives we’ve lost to war just in the past ten years is extraordinary, and the people are irreplaceable. How many scientists, Nobel prize winners, leaders, statesmen, authors, moms, and dads do we have to lose? The time has come to STOP!
2. Every country should have safe drinking water. Without exception, there is literally no reason why they shouldn’t.
3. Every country needs to have proper sewage management. There should be no one that goes to bed at night having just had sewage water to drink with their scraps. NO ONE.
4. I have the perspective of having gone to bed at night without having any food for…
