Does our commitment to self-care create an unkind society?
When do boundaries blur into a lack of kindness or a recipe for isolation?
Is there a time when we should give others allowances and who are those allowances allowed for?
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We will explore these questions and more below.
We are not responsible for educating others on our hardship and we do not owe anyone anything.
However, I have seen this sentiment extend beyondmarginalizedgroups.
Rising conversations around people-pleasing have led many young people to feel like they dont owe anyone anything.
Meanwhile, men and masc-identifying people havent had the same pressures to just and be accommodating placed upon them.
But what exactly does that mean?
Kindness prioritizes the ability to access sympathy, gentleness, and to be helpful.
Furthermore, our society relies on our ability to be interconnected.
Without our ability to coexist, the basic functions of our collective culture would cease to exist.
So When Should I Exert The Extra Emotional Effort For Others?
When do we owe each otherkindnessand when should we keep to ourselves?
What is considered standard kindness and what is unnecessary?
First, consider if the situation at hand is one of basicmanners.
Is it holding the door open for someone?
Returning a smile when they walk past you?
Saying c’mon andthank you?
These are examples of being nice, but they go a long way.
Bottom Line
The golden rule of treating others how you want to be treated applies here.
When Is It Totally OK to Draw the Line and Set Boundaries?
Plus, it’s probably what youd like folks to do for you if the situation were reversed.
Being kind isnt allowing others to insinuate the way you exist in this world is wrong.
We all have bad days and sometimes the kindness we extend to others needs to be given to ourselves.
This brings us to our final point: what kindness do we owe to each other?
The amount of kindness wed like folks to extend to us.
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Definition of nice.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Definition of kind.
