“What would you do with a billion dollars?”

Every time I encounter this question,  I freeze. Because I don’t know.

Of course, the idea of it sounds good. But when someone asks what we’d use all of that money on, it feels like a lot of pressure. I can’t just use it to protect myself and my family, for instance, or to blow it all on ridiculous stuff. I’d have to use it to make a difference.

So I say “End world hunger” or “Send every kid to college.”

It is extremely rare to have such an opportunity to expressly change lives for the better. To free people of their burdens, protect them from poverty, or bless them with opportunity.

Be we do have smaller opportunities. And while we aren’t obligated to spend every moment changing the world, the truth is we actually could.