Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Talent is innate, and choices are made by ourselves. Each of us is born with a good nature. Only with the growth and external environment, we learned to choose. When our own interests conflict with those of our friends, we will face a choice. Is it to choose friendship? Or choose interest? At this time, the selectivity of kindness is reflected.
Our kindness must be left to those who know how to be grateful. I believe everyone has heard the story of "The Farmer and the Snake". In the cold winter, the farmer found a snake on the road that was about to freeze. The kind farmer uses his body temperature to help the snake keep warm. But when the snake woke up, it bit the farmer and the farmer was poisoned. Such stories often happen around us. Because most people are complex and greedy. They are ungrateful and always want to push their luck. Therefore, although kindness is a choice, we should also choose people who know how to be grateful.
Of course, the most important thing is to keep your principles and bottom line. There is a saying that "people are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden." Kindness is used in the right place by us, and that is a kind of strength. And if we use it in the wrong place, it may cause fatal harm to ourselves. The world is not as kind as we thought. So we can choose kindness, but never cowardice. Let your kindness have a little edge, and be a smart and kind person with principles and bottom lines. This is true kindness.