Go.

On several occasions both before I went to Haiti and since my return, people have told me that they think what I’m doing is great, that they would love to go themselves except they need air conditioning.

Really? You need air conditioning? As in you’ll be completely useless or even die if you don’t have air conditioning?

That’s ridiculous. And not true. And really selfish.

No one needs air conditioning. YOU don’t need air conditioning. Air conditioning did not even exist until very recently in the history of the world. If you want to go build houses for people in rural Latin America who don't have homes or clean up the Gulf (now that the oil has, in theory, stopped) or provide hope to victims of human trafficking in Southeast Asia, then GO. Stop making excuses about air conditioning. If you’re in a place where everyone sweats all day, no one is going to care if your hair isn’t perfect or your makeup drips off your face. Everyone’s shirts get soaked through with sweat and after a while, being a little dirty simply becomes a part of life.

So stop saying you would go except…

And GO already!