We’re often told to be kind to everyone.
“You don’t know what others are going through, be kind.”
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”
Mga popular na advice…
I feel like I’ve been kind my whole life.
And while some of that kindness has come back in good, positive ways, there have still been misses.
Ungrateful friends.
Mga taong tablado. Nanlalaglag. Nang-iiwan sa ere. Mga user.
Incompetent workmates who make their incompetence my problem.
People often don’t talk about the other side.
The part where kindness won’t always protect you from being used, betrayed, or made to carry other people’s mess.
Itong realidad that the return isn’t guaranteed to be positive.
Sa hiling ko, the better advice is: be kind to the people your gut tells you to be kind to.
Our guts don’t lie.
Also, minsan, the kindness we keep handing out to others is the same kindness we’re neglecting to give ourselves.
