Growing up, many of us were taught that kindness works like a boomerang.

Give good energy, get good energy back.

But the real world… doesn’t always play by those rules.

You learn fast that some people don’t respond to kindness…they respond to opportunity.

They take.

THE BIGGEST

They drain.

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They disappear when your usefulness dries up.

And that can make you feel cold.

Or angry.

Or worse… ashamed for being a good person.

But here’s the truth no one told you:

Your kindness was never the mistake.

Your lack of boundaries was