While idly reading my facebook stream updates earlier today I stumbled across an old friend's sister's profile status which linked to her blog (oh the degrees of separation in our social networks nowadays). She had shared with the world that she was making the conscious decision of not only donating her long locks, but that she was shaving her head to raise money and demonstrate her solidarity with kids who have cancer (via St. Baldrick's Foundation, which raises money to fund research in finding the cure for children's cancer). I was so flabbergasted (for lack of a better word) that any girly girl, especially the girls I know from Orange County, would ever do such a thing in her lifetime! It's one thing to cut off your hair but you're in an entirely different group to shave off your head for charity. The beautiful thing is it didn't take an affected person in her family or group of friends for her to do what she is doing. This is all entirely out of the goodness of her heart, for the sake of children who were not as fortunate to be dealt the same cards as us. What are mere follicles on our heads when we've been blessed to live decades of such fulfilling lives, to experience emotions that uplifts us to those that pains us, compared to these young children who have barely graced the planet earth and are fighting just to stay on it to live to experience all the things we take for granted?
A woman who can rise above the societal influence of that vanity that pollutes our society today, and can step out of her own shoes and into the shoes of the less fortunate is the woman I aspire to become. Albeit a donation was all I had the courage to do, I am sure there are many different paths to get to that path of true selfless compassion.
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