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Kindness Is A Virtue
Being kind means to bring the sun along, to light a world that often, rather than not, forgets how to shine. Kindness is not loud; it’s a gentle voice that whispers an unusual tune; it doesn’t seek applause nor recognition.
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Kindness resides in between spaces, in between words, and within actions. It’s that deafening silence that promotes a bloom of understanding between living beings. It’s a stranger that holds the door open a second longer, a friend who listens without needing a damn thing.
Kindness bridges opposite sides, connects the unthinkable. It’s a consistent force, that is soft but absolute; it bends the world closer. It is meaningless, until it ends up giving meaning to our whole existence.
Being kind does not mean avoiding conflict or giving in. But it speaks against injustice; it speaks on behalf of the inarticulate, and acts in favor of the ones that need to take…