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COVID with a K (for kindness)

COVID-19 has turned around everything it touches. We've  so far changed the nature of human interaction, roles at the house, hygiene at all levels and an economy obsession, among the lot. It has given us time to stop and rethink about everything that was the norm, if we would only be so bold. Coming so far in such short a time, we may as well go the way and end this transformation with that big bang - kindness.  Kindness is bigger than it seems. It involves so many touchpoints that most of these smaller changes will flow with the ease. It requires us to respond to someone's pain without judgement. It asks that we accept someone else's truth without condescence. It requests us to tell people that they can reach out when we know that they are not at their best. It sometimes asks us to do more and just give anyway, because woe can, even if it means squeezing our own resources at times.  Depending on whether you needed a lot of kindness or never blinked wh...