01/14/2026
🪞 Why is it so hard for people to be kind?
That question dropped through my chest like a stone this morning.
Not as a dramatic thought, yet as a quiet realization—after a conversation…
after witnessing a pattern…
after hearing one human speak to another in a tone that felt sharp, dismissive, and painfully familiar.
My first reaction was rage.
Then judgment.
Then projection.
My second reaction was grief.
However, underneath all of that, something clearer began to emerge:
Kindness is not difficult when we are at peace with ourselves.
But most people are not.
They are fighting silent wars inside.
They are trying to stay afloat in shame, in unprocessed memories, or in emotional patterns inherited and never examined.
And that is when it landed:
We treat others how we treat ourselves—especially when no one is watching.
Projection is loud.
Kindness is regulated—not because it is restricted, but because it is attuned.
Kindness arises when we can sit with our own discomfort long enough not to spill it onto someone else.
This is not a post about blame.
It is a post about the mirror.
So if you are here for self-reflection, I invite you to pause and ask:
✨ Who do I offer kindness to only when they have earned it?
✨ What tone do I use with those closest to me—and with myself?
✨ Where does my kindness become a performance, rather than presence?
This is not a teaching.
It is a reckoning.
And the path of self-inquiry continues—quietly, honestly, humbly.