Blake Brantley - Kindness

 When asking anyone what attribute they believe is most important for themself or another, kindness is often brought up. Is kindness always good or can it be taken to far? I would like to bring up the phrase, "a friend to all is a friend to none." If there is someone that comes up to you on the street and begins complementing you, you will feel happy and appreciated. But what if they immediately go up to the next person and say the same line? Then you might begin to feel less special and wonder if the person even meant what they said. If one is having an argument with another and they ask their friend to say what they believe, and the friend turns out to be a friend to both, they may just try to preserve both sides feelings and end up making both of them unhappy. What if multiple friends are both in danger at the same time, who do you go and protect? Obviously there is different levels of friendship but if you treat everyone with the same level of kindness, how are any of them going to feel any more special than the rest? With that being said, I believe being kind to others is the most important thing that humans can do for each other. While everyone deserves to be treated kindly, I believe that there are different levels of kindness one should show to strangers, compared to new friends, or old friends, or family members. A friend to all is not a friend to none unless there is no distinction in the levels of kindness and communion one has with each person.

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