Why Kindness Is Not Weakness.
About the inner strength that is not visible from the outside. Rafael Arzumanyan's thoughts about goodness as the only truth.
"You are too kind" - they say it as if it were a reproach.
As if kindness were a chink in the armor, not something that keeps us afloat when the armor no longer protects us.
In the culture of power
We live in a culture where power is measured by volume. Victories. Borders. Teeth. The strong one is the one who is on top. The one who outshouts. The one who managed to close himself off and not let the pain in.
Against this background, kindness looks like weakness. - You are gentle. - You forgive. - You think about others. - You don’t step on others. - You don’t return pain for pain.
And that's why you're written off as "too kind". As if you missed the era.
But what if it's the other way around?
What if kindness is the choice of the strong, the quiet ones? What if the hardest victory is to keep pain from infecting you with cruelty? What if being open in a world of fear is an act that not everyone can do?
What does a good person do?
He doesn't react right away because he's learning to feel deeper. He lets the pain pass through himself, but doesn't send it further down the chain. He doesn't hurt out of spite, even if he can.
Kindness is when you could break something, but you didn’t.
When you could have turned away, but stayed.
When you could have simplified, but chose to understand.
Why is it harder to be kind?
Because it is not automatic. But a conscious choice - to live without malice, even if malice around is currency.
Because a kind person sees pain and doesn't brush it off. Because a kind person risks being rejected if they speak honestly.
Because a good person carries wounds within himself, but does not turn them into weapons.
Kindness is not weakness. It is maturity.
Kindness is when something greater than resentment has already grown inside you.
This is not a concession. It is a conscious act of faith in man.
This is not naivety. This is a way to survive without becoming a monster.
This is not a mask. This is the courage not to be afraid to remain soft in a world where hardness wins.
