Hello, I came across this community from a blog post made by a friend @abenad and this week's prompt has made me reflect on a whole lot. Most things I didn't even know I could consider to be options.
“You are 80 years old and are given a choice to make a sacrifice that will offer you no benefit. A child has been born without sight; if you choose to, you may give yours to them and spend the final years of your life blind. Do you give your sight away to this new human, or keep it? Why?”
I'll get right into it I don't think there is a right or wrong answer for this question because at the end of the day it all boils down to perspective. I'd like to write out the exact thoughts that came to my head once I fully understood the question. Firstly who is this child? Do I know the child ? Am I the only one eligible to make this sacrifice? and most importantly what will I actually do if I was in this situation? Will the child come to appreciate this sacrifice? Would I regret it? Am I exactly content with what I have seen so far?
I had these question run through my mind and I would say Yes. I'd give my sight to the child. You might argue saying “the child has never seen so he/she would not know what he is missing out on” thing is I don't have a logical answer as to why I would give out my eyes except that the choice alone would have made me fulfilled.
People live for a reason and who knows if my reason for being around that long was to be able to give my eyes to the child. What if I don't help out what's to guarantee that I'll stay around for a longer period of time? Nothing!
So no matter what the next state of being might be. The satisfaction of helping would be my reason for giving my eyes to him.
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Thank you!!
It's a pleasure
You have a big heart. I never could imagine myself without eyesight.
Keep the generosity alive.
I'm not sure I do. I just make decisions in rhe geat if the moment so I don't overthink it
I support you in your answer. it is necessary to evaluate the situation because no matter the age, you cannot assume that a person of 80 years old does not need his eyes.
greetings in the distance @doreenarch
Thank you so much