In todays world, more often than not, being kind is interpreted as weakness. This is especially true in modern corporate environments, where incentives are ali

In todays world, more often than not, being kind is interpreted as weakness. This is especially true in modern corporate environments, where incentives are aligned to promote a dog eat dog world, no matter what the corporates speak about 'values'. It is compounded by a culture where not getting a promotion or not earning ever increasing salaries, is propagated and interpreted as undeserving, weak or useless. Human nature is described in Hindu scriptures as 'restless and unpredictable as a drunken monkey, stung by a scorpion'. So people learn to hide their kindness, and put up a facade of toughness. But just as a lie repeated a million times is percieved as truth, a kind personality hidden behind toughness loses itself and the person becomes a shell of their former selves. That is why you have news stories today celebrating small acts of kindness, integrity, honesty or truthfulness, where the norm is those acts should be a standard part of every persons life.