Are people defined by what they do?

   My strong determination on practicing my plan used to last three days. Should I be defined by what I thought of, or what I actually did? Although it is common sense that people are defined by what they do, majority of people are often blinded by their sweet words. However, looking back to previous world top leaders, we should rather define people by how they act.

   Anyone can talk after a short practice, pretending they are prestigious leaders who care a lot for the good of his citizens. On the other hand, the world has never got in touch with a leader who practiced all his words into reality. In other words, while words can be all lies, actions never lie. This is exactly why Presidents, no matter what country they govern, often get cruel slash by his citizens few months after inauguration. Before the inauguration, since Obama was able to do nothing on any main issue, he gushed out all kinds of words that could possibly satisfy the citizens. Now, he failed to satisfy Americans with his actions, and finally Americans are evaluating their leader in a correct way: they are defining a person with what he does.

   Words and thoughts do not bear unforgetful results, while actions do. Material consequences are created when an individual acts in a certain way. For instance, Benjamin Franklin did many activities that other people are all willing to do, but merely give up, for they are so tiresome. He came to be known as clean, white leader, who is more diligent than anyone else. As a result, many citizens started to admire and wanted to go after his path. His hardworks had payed off, and just like him, people create results that comes after their actions.

   Not many great public speakers who spit out touching words are greatly admired by majority. Instead, real action-takers like Mahatma Gandhi and Rosa Parks capture the mind of people. This is one of the reasons why people are more likely to be defined by what they do. Gandhi was not a mere talker; he weaved his own clothes with his own spinning wheel. He also wore simple white cloth, not covering his body properly. He did not fight against England with weapons. This actions not only touched citizens’ mind but also England leaders’. Rosa Parks was similar; She quietly demonstrated against white by sitting on white-only seats on the buses.

   To sum up, people are defined by what they do since anyone can talk sweet words, actions can bear consequences and lastly, people are more touched by people’s actions.

A Funny Doctor

I am so disappointed, my body. You should have done better. After getting a flu shot last week, I caught a cold. Since when was I so weak, not even being able to fight off small amounts of flu virus? I was about to stop breathing because of that flu virus when I visited near-by hospital to request some help. I went to that hospital about 10 times before this, so I almost made friends with the doctor. This made me very comfortable to be in a hospital but at the same time very embarrassing at the thought that I got sick too much. I hated to be seen as a ‘weak person who comes to the hospital so often’. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t even look at me, for he knows how old am I, or what kind of things are going on that constantly makes me sick. He just glanced at me for a second and suddenly pressed a point right in the middle of my neck. I almost screamed at the surprise and extreme pain of that. He then grumbled some mysterious words to himself, and sat down again in his seat. Pulling out a huge, blue book that looked like the one I would never read with my own will, he mumbled,

“This is the hidden secret of my business sales.”

“What?!”

“I’m telling you the extractions of my 10 year study”

Oh my god, he is trying to make a lecture when I had so much homeworks at home. I wanted to say ‘no thank you’ and come back home, I just couldn’t do it when I saw the serious look on his face.

Then he started to explain how the body works. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but roughly, he told me several tips about relieving stress and relaxing my tense muscles by stretching. On the page he opened, there were three simple sketches of human head and neck, which were probably drawn to let the reader understand the following things: The nerves of shoulders are on the middle of your neck. When you shrink forward when you are studying, not only your shoulders will hurt but also your neck, which leads to hardening of your brain and pains on your eyes. Wow! I finally found out why these places hurt at the same time! For the first time, I admired my doctor, and said thank you several times. This pretty long time was perfectly worth it. Now that he told me why I always felt something heavy on my head and shoulders and told me exactly what to do, I was free of all kinds of pain. I wish all the doctors in the world would always be like this one. Yay! Thank you again, sir.