When Kindness Feels Hard

Kindness is not always easy. This reflection explores how to stay compassionate without betraying your own boundaries, and how to rest when empathy feels heavy.

Music credit: Morning fog Music by Silentvoice

Transcript

Insight Timer tends to attract kind,

Caring,

Giving souls.

However,

Even for those of us that fit that description,

There are still days when kindness can feel like lifting a mountain.

When you've given,

Listened,

Cared,

Gone out of your way,

And still the world seems to ask for more.

That's when it's time to remember,

Kindness also needs to include you.

True compassion doesn't mean self-erasure,

It means shared humanity.

You can step back,

Breathe,

And refill your own well without guilt.

Kindness loses nothing by resting,

In fact it deepens,

Because every time you offer care from a rested heart,

It reaches further and lasts longer.