Money vs Miracles
Whilst I have been working, my wife has been watching a show on TV called Dr. 90210. The show is about plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills and in this episode featured one of the most vain, pompous, superficial people I have ever seen. The mans name is Dr. Matlock and every single word out of his mouth is about himself and how much he spent to buy some suit or car or dumb gadget that no one cares about.
He must be a really cool guy to be friends with. Just think, you could hang out all day listening to how much his new shoes cost or even better, he could tell you how great he looks in a tank top and sweat pants. The amazing thing about this chap is that he probably thinks this is really impressive and that we are all oooing and ahhing. I personally think it's more along the lines of grrrr but hey, maybe people are actually impressed that he spent $800 on a shirt that looks the same as a shirt that costs $50.
In the same episode the main star of the show, Dr. Rey, spent the entire time in Mexico doing pro bono work to help under privileged folks. All of these people would never have a hope in hell of fixing some of their problems. He was fixing children's cleft lips, removing tumors, separating fingers and more. It was amazing to see.
Which of the doctors do you think had the most fulfilling week? When it's all over and things are said and done, do you really think that people are going to remember how much your suit cost. Or do think that maybe, just maybe, they'll remember how you allowed their son to breathe and eat properly again?
He must be a really cool guy to be friends with. Just think, you could hang out all day listening to how much his new shoes cost or even better, he could tell you how great he looks in a tank top and sweat pants. The amazing thing about this chap is that he probably thinks this is really impressive and that we are all oooing and ahhing. I personally think it's more along the lines of grrrr but hey, maybe people are actually impressed that he spent $800 on a shirt that looks the same as a shirt that costs $50.
In the same episode the main star of the show, Dr. Rey, spent the entire time in Mexico doing pro bono work to help under privileged folks. All of these people would never have a hope in hell of fixing some of their problems. He was fixing children's cleft lips, removing tumors, separating fingers and more. It was amazing to see.
Which of the doctors do you think had the most fulfilling week? When it's all over and things are said and done, do you really think that people are going to remember how much your suit cost. Or do think that maybe, just maybe, they'll remember how you allowed their son to breathe and eat properly again?
posted by Alex Charalambides | 7:21 PM
1 Comments:
Ahhh. . . doctors. I appreciate the couple who have saved my & my love's lives.
But I wasn't checking out shoes, suits or shirts.
Compassion is the quality to look for, blog template twin.
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