The Real Difference Between Kindness and Goodness
I've spent a lot of time thinking about the difference between kindness and goodness lately, mostly because we tend to use them like they're the exact same thing. We describe a "good person" and a "kind person" interchangeably, but if you look a little closer, they actually operate on pretty different levels. It's like the difference between the weather and the climate—one is what you feel in the moment, and the other is the underlying system that keeps everything running. ...