Who to help: cancer patients or the environment?
January 9th, 2008 • chatter
For almost 2 years now, I’ve grown my hair from a short 1″ buzz to about 14″ of headbanging mess. I was originally growing out my hair to donate to Locks of Love for cancer patients who need wigs and I’ve yet to donate the needed 10″ of hair. But last night I found something new, something that threw me for a loop, it’s oil soaking mats made of hair from Matter of Trust. I’m now having a real moral dilemma: help someone regain their self-esteem and improve their self-image or help potentially thousand of people and sea creatures.
In the last year I’ve really turned a lot of my personal focus to sustainability and going as green as I can which has put a real hamper on my helping-chemo-patients agenda. By now I could’ve donated twice and helped two people but would that outweigh helping clean up oil spills, reclaiming dirtied waters, and doing so in a wholly biodegradable way? I’m very torn on the matter as of now. I’ve done quite a bit around the apartment to try and make it as energy efficient as I can, same with our vehicles, but should this long standing endeavor (I’ve been rather environmentally friendly since I was 12 or so) outweigh something as simple as helping someone simply feel better about themselves?
For the first time in years, I’m truly torn over a choice.