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I once heard about a woman who made it her life's mission to be there for everyone
She was the first person everyone called when life fell apart, she listened without complaining, gave without keeping score, and always found a reason to forgive.
If someone needed help, she will show up even when it was inconvenient. She believed that kindness will always find its way back.
Then at a point life tested her like that of Job in the Bible
She lost something she couldn't fix on her own.
For the first time, she needed the same people she had spent years lifting and helping
But guess what?... Silence answered the call
Calls became excuses, that the people she had poured into became more than strangers. That's when she learned a lesson nobody talks about.
Being a good person comes with a huge price.
Sometimes it costs your time because you put others before yourself. Sometimes it costs your peace because you carry burdens that were never yours and in most times, it costs relationships because not everyone values a heart that genuinely cares. That's why we often get this question, why do bad things happen to good people every time?...
The painful truth is that some people don't appreciate kindness, they consume it, mistaking your patience for weakness, your generosity for obligation at times entitlement and your silence for permission to keep taking.
But don't let that change who you are, instead, let it change how you love.
Kindness without boundaries becomes self-neglect, you can have a good heart and still say no.
You can forgive without reopening doors that nearly destroyed you, by keeping people at arm length
You can care deeply without carrying everyone else's weight.
The world needs more kind people, but it also needs kind people who know their worth.
So, if being good has cost you something, don't become bitter, but become wiser.
Protect your peace at all cost, because the right people will never make you regret having a good heart.
Has being a good person ever cost you something? What did that experience teach you?
