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What Happened to Kindness and Compassion?
Though often lacking, we should work to give kindness and compassion — even when we don’t get them.
It costs nothing to be kind.
Compassion has no price to it.
Little to no time is spent on kindness and compassion — and minimal time is certainly never wasted.
When the hell did basic kindness and compassion go out the window?
Spend even the slightest amount of time online and reading the news and you’ll see numerous, deplorable acts on the part of politicians, business leaders, and religious figures that make zero sense. People in positions where they can make lives better actively fuck people over. ALL THE TIME.
I am not naïve. I’m aware that this has been happening since the dawn of civilization. Perhaps our instant connectivity just makes it more evident. But I still find it hard to believe how blatantly, publicly cruel, unkind, and downright nasty people have become.
What can I do to fix this?
I can be kind and compassionate.
Start small
Every shift in the world begins small. It starts with you and me.
