When Being Kind is Hard

Kindness is trendy but what should we do when it’s really, really difficult?

Linda Smith
Nov 1 · 3 min read

Is there any character trait having its day in the sun quite like kindness? I bet not.

This is for good reason, of course. I myself have written post after post maintaining the importance of kindness in our often-cold, uncaring world. Kindness truly is magic. There’s…

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