From "Kindness", with Love


Hi beautiful,

They say it’s the wrong generation to be kind. But look around.. If there’s a point in time that needs kindness most, it would be now. It may be at an expense of being vulnerable, yes. But I think vulnerability is a courageous act. Drama is a different thing. So is over-exposing the details of our personal whereabouts. But transparency in our aspirations, our devotions, all that we believe in and stand for— being true and genuine, that’s courage. This kind of courage does not jeopardize our effectivity to work and perform in the practical world. It does not make us weak as women. It makes us function in accordance to our purpose instead. After all, regardless of what feminism insists, not to be radically against it, but we are still originally designed to nurture, to care, to love.. No one else does that better than us. So it’s okay to embrace your fragile part as much as you embrace your strengths. It’s okay to laugh when you feel like laughing, that doesn’t make you a fool. It’s okay to cry when you’re hurt, that doesn’t make you a failure. It’s okay to share the pains of others and help them at your own cost, that doesn’t make you unwise. It’s okay to care, because we-must-care, we must feel, we must give ourselves chances to build relationships. And we get broken every now and then because— how else are we going to mature?
I know it’s easier not to care. It’s easier to be numb and oblivious. It’s easier to be unkind. And I understand beautiful, like most of us, you may have also been terribly wounded that taking the easy way is the only thing you can afford. Building great walls and exemplary standards, these are the easy ways. But dear beautiful, you are capable of doing so much more than that. Here’s how a royalty like you can do it;

You can get mad, but do not stay in anger. (Eph. 4:26) You can get upset, but do not take offense. (Matt. 18:7) You can set barriers, but let that barrier not be hatred. (Lev. 19:17) You can grieve for a day or three, but then move on. (Phil. 3:13) You can love yourself.. You-must-actually-love-yourself..
But only to an extent that it will make you better at loving others. Not proud and conceited, but confident and considerate. (Matt. 22:39)
Forgive. Because you also have your own share of mistakes. (Eph. 4:32)
Stand firm. Because identity and dignity will always be challenged in this world of inconsistency. (1 Cor. 16:13)
And stay kind. Stay kind to yourself, do not be too rough on her. Stay kind to strangers, do not be quick to judge. Stay kind to your neighbors, do not give them a reason to think life is miserable. Stay kind whether you feel at home or at the wilderness of life. Stay kind to those who are hurting and stay kind even to those who have hurt you. Stay kind with a pure motive and with the best intentions.Stay kind, beautiful. It will be worth it.

Love, Kindness

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. -Proverbs 3:3

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