This is such a good way of showing kindness. I too feel like I need to control my immediate reactions. I used to be quieter as a young man, but started feeling like I was being taken advantage of and that made me cynical and 'streetsmart' It is good to start practicing to be a bit more patient and a bit more quieter, as you have demonstrated. It is not that others will suddenly stop taking advantage, but more that when we let them affect us it is unhealthy for us too. Thank you for sharing @bipolar95
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You know hive has made me to realize our way of life are not all that different, just little improvement here and there. I was amazed to read you talk about street smart because that's like the order of the day here and if you are not tagged street smart you are taken advantaged of and called a mumu (meaning an diot or a fool). These has led to a very toxic society void of love, sincerity and honesty but then as we connect on the internet space we'd always learn, unlearn and relearn.
Yes it is the same here. People try to act street smart or macho and get applauded. When you actually interact with them one on one in person most are simple people. But in a crowd they get mob-like especially on social media :(
There are good people, thousands of them everywhere. Like here on Hive we all automatically congregate into a community. Like minded people do come together everywhere to help. But good folks are busy solving issues while media, and money making algorithms keep project the negative people to get more drama and traffic.
Hopefully people will realize this sooner rather than later, and do what’s best for them rather than what’s good for the powerful.