Exceptional a minute poem about priorities The Minute Poem : Impossible Choices by adewpearl Artwork by cleo85 at FanArtReview.com

Had I the gift to rearrange -- effect one change, one wrong refuse, what would I choose? To mend a single misery, what might it be? Whose cries correct? Whose needs neglect? Could I,  in ending hunger,  leave a widow grieve from war's worst woe? I do not know. Recognized Author Notes In real life leaders need to prioritize how to allocate scarce resources to deal with a host of terrible problems. Philanthropists in forming foundations must focus their efforts. Even individuals with only limited money must decide whose charitable campaigns to contribute to and whose envelopes to toss. As a volunteer I cannot devote my time to every cause I believe in. So, while my poem is about a fantasy in which I have been granted the wish to end one world problem, there is a real sense in which people must try to make these choices every day. It is an agonizing choice with no easy answer.

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