You can be kind and call out mistreatment. You can be kind and fight against injustice. You can be kind and refuse to tolerate disrespect. You can be kind with a protective temperament. You can be kind and make your boundaries known. You can be kind and hostile when needed. You can be kind and full of fire. Kindness isn't only a gentle, agreeable whisper that fearfully accepts anything and everything. Kindness can be a force which arises with harshness to protect yourself and the ones you love. Kindness is about doing what is right, even if it disrupts external perception. Especially if. A kind spirit is not a free pass to be treated like shit.