[Scapeghost]

Only if the people you are kind to appreciate that.

I grew up in a third world dog-eat-dog culture where kindness is generally equated with naivete and everyone has to keep their guard up against each other.

I'm still struggling with ping-ponging between being taken advantage of or being too mean. I don't know where to draw the line and with whom.

In the last couple months alone I've been played for a fool by a few people who, to put it simply, weren't deserving of kindness. It certainly has not been good for my health, mental or physical, and it's going to leave me too cold and cynical for someone who could actually use some kindness, until I being to feel bad about that and open myself up to being exploited and so the cycle repeats.