If I could travel to one country for free, it would be Australia.  I am not much of a traveler, but Australia seems like an interesting culture that I would like to visit.  I have heard good stories about the people being friendly, and the exotic animals.  I would like to go with my family, just because they would enjoy it more than I.  I know that half of the country is very under populated, so I would like to visit somewhere like Sydney.  I would like to do some exotic adventures like a tour of the desert or maybe go to the coast.  Traveling is not high on my list of things I like to do, but if given the opportunity for free, it would be difficult to pass on.

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If I had one hour to live, I would personally get together with my family and my pets.  I would pray to God with my wife and child.  I would probably cry as it was such an abrupt end to the only thing I know.  I would probably think about all the things I could have done for people in need that I did not.  I would think about all the good times I had with my family.  Depending on the reason the world was to end, I may try to find a way to help my family survive.  I would call people too far away to see and tell them that I love them, although this probably would not work due to so much traffic over the airways.

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I do not feel like I ever need to get in touch with the universe or nature.  Living on Earth to me means everything, I suppose.  If I did not live here on Earth, I would not be alive.  Living on Earth provides, happiness, sadness, regret, optimism, pessimism, love, hate and everything in between.  To me we have a responsibility to our fellow man.  I think the ability to have shelter, clothing, and food is necessary for every single person.  It often seems as if sometimes people are too wrapped up in their own lives, they do not seem to think about others on this planet.  I wish this was untrue.  As a whole, we have so much power to do so many things in this world, but due to greed and corruption, as well and other social and economic behaviors are very limited for where we are in this world.  With the ability to connect with anybody at anytime, anywhere in the world, we have so much unrealized potential for good.

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If I could assume a position of power, it would be the mayor.  This is solely due to it being the highest position of power.  In my small city of 50,000, one thing I would like to change is the availability of food, clothing, and shelter to people who cannot afford it.  I do not know that my city has any programs for people in immediate need of these things.  I believe it is a human right to have access to these 3 basic necessities.  I do not find it fair that some people are able to have so many luxuries, while our brothers and sisters in need go without.  I would do whatever it took in order to create some type of building that could provide these necessities to everybody and anybody.   I realize it is not the most simple task, but I would do everything in my power to find a way.

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