As Chonnam National University students already know, in the Truth Hall, there are two elevators installed which countless students including me use every day. Whenever I get in the elevator, I hear an electric voice saying, "Doors open" and "Doors close." I do not care about the sound if the lift is crowded. But it annoys me a lot sometimes, especially when I am the only one who uses the elevator. Why do we need to hear that obvious fact every time we use the lift? However, that small annoying sound can be a big help for some people, for example, handicapped people who have lost their eyesight or cannot move their body freely.
    In reverse, a small help can rather be an unnecessary kindness. On a wall of the restroom, there is a small campaign sticker about how to treat people with physical disabilities. If someone falls, most of people would not hesitate to help the person stand up. However, the campaign says, "When a handicapped person falls to the ground, ask first if he or she needs a help or not." Your ‘healthy action’ can result in an ‘unhealthy reaction’ for the physically challenged people for their independence.
    As in the above-mentioned two examples, not every good deed leads to good results as you intended. It may go wrong. If you act without consideration of other’s conditions and situations, then it can rather produce an unexpected result in a bad way. It is like getting something that you do not need from someone who thinks they are performing an act of kindness. But you would think that act is a kind of self-satisfied action that is useless for you. So before acting, think over if this small act will be helpful or unhelpful for others.
 

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