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 when deciding not to be kinder before, it gives both sides a new behavioural shock. It shows us that more is always better. It had less to do with what you have and more to do with who you are. As long as it's the same species you interact with, you have every reason to transform (should you give in to it). 

A kind world makes people with flaws unconscious of them, people with privileges mindful of them and people with opportunities helpful with them. It's the embodiment of "Don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say", even to the worst of them. But just a kind world itself doesn't let people shine their best because it gives them a truckload of leeway. What does that is a challenging one. It is possible to do both where the people who need kindness get it and they use it to get to a place where they can give that kindness away themselves to someone who needs it. 

Kindness also gives sincerity many, many chances and opens oneself up to people who will take advantage of them. That's because they don't know kindness and the only hope of them being kind is for them to be shown as much kindness as possible without somebody being duped. 

With all the risks, kindness is, always, the best way to go.