Kindness as armor / La bondad como armadura (eng-esp)
Hello, dear friends at Holos & Lotus.
Kind people are those with whom I most enjoy spending my time, my days. They are the kind of people I seek to surround myself with.
Kindness is a quality that is noticeable without any effort; it is always evident. It is noticeable in their speech, in their manner, in their respect.
For this reason, I don't understand those people who justify others by saying that "deep down they are good people."
Deep down? That phrase has always seemed like a deception to me, both for the one who says it and for the one who hears it.
If a person does a good deed once in a while, that doesn't justify or counteract all their other bad actions.
There is no such thing as moral balance.
Someone who is kind to their friends but cruel to those they depend on is not "good at heart." They are selectively kind. A single good deed doesn't erase a series of selfish, dishonest, or harmful decisions.
There is no justification for constant mistreatment. Using sporadic kindness as an excuse to tolerate the intolerable is a grave mistake. We forgive too quickly, mistaking a single gesture for a person's character.
This idea of "the bottom of the barrel" is especially problematic. No one should have to dig through bad qualities to find, like a lost treasure, an act of kindness.
If kindness is buried deep within you, it's because you have no intention of using it. It's like storing an essential tool at the bottom of a storage room full of broken things: if it's not readily available, it's because in your daily life you've decided you don't need it.
Kindness is not an ornament or a secret prize; It's a tool for coexistence. If you don't bring it to the forefront when interacting with others, it's as if you don't have it.
Therefore, I propose a radical change of perspective. Kindness shouldn't be contrived. It shouldn't be that small core hidden beneath layers of rudeness or cynicism.
Kindness should be used as armor. As the first layer, the most visible, the one that receives the impact of the world. Armor isn't something weak; on the contrary, it protects you. Kindness as armor means you decide that your first response, your interface with the world, will be respect, empathy, and integrity. This attitude protects you.
It protects you from becoming the kind of person others have to excuse by saying, "Deep down...". It gives you a moral consistency that others can see and trust.
When kindness is your armor, you have nothing to hide "deep down." Your essence and your surface are consistent.
This doesn't mean being naive or weak. It means your strength comes from a clear principle: treating others with humanity, even when it's difficult, especially when it's difficult.
That conscious decision strengthens you more than any layer of rudeness or indifference. Rudeness is easy; it's reactive. Kindness as a conscious and visible choice requires much more strength of character.
That is true armor: not one that isolates you from the world, but one that allows you to move within it without ceasing to be who you want to be.
Stop looking for kindness deep within others, much less within yourself. Bring it out. Use it. Put it on. It's the only thing that will truly defend you from becoming what you claim to despise.
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Hola, estimados de Holos & Lotus.
Las personas bondadosas son aquellas con las que más gusto me da compartir mi tiempo, mis días. Son ese tipo de personas con las que busco rodearme.
La bondad es una cualidad que se nota sin esfuerzo alguno, está siempre a simple vista. Eso se nota al hablar, en su trato, en su respeto.
Por tal motivo, no entiendo a aquellas personas que justifican a otras al decir que “en el fondo son buenas personas”.
¿En el fondo? Esa frase siempre me ha parecido un engaño, tanto para quien la dice como para quien la escucha.
Si una persona hace una buena acción de vez en cuando, eso no sirve para justificar o contrarrestar todas sus otras malas acciones.
No existe ese balance moral.
El que sea amable con sus amigos pero cruel con los dependientes, no es "bueno en el fondo". Es selectivamente amable. Una sola acción buena no lava una serie de decisiones egoístas, deshonestas o dañinas.
No hay justificación para el maltrato constante. Usar una bondad esporádica como excusa para tolerar lo intolerable es un error grave. Perdonamos demasiado rápido, confundiendo un gesto aislado con el carácter de una persona.
Esa idea del "fondo" es especialmente problemática. Nadie debería tener que escarbar entre malas cualidades para encontrar, como un tesoro perdido, un acto de bondad.
Si la bondad está enterrada en el fondo de tu ser, es porque no tienes intención de usarla. Es como guardar una herramienta esencial en el fondo de un trastero lleno de cosas rotas: si no está a mano, es porque en la práctica diaria has decidido que no la necesitas.
La bondad no es un adorno o un premio secreto; es una herramienta de convivencia. Si no la sacas a relucir cuando interactúas con los demás, es como si no la tuvieras.
Por eso, propongo un cambio de perspectiva radical. La bondad no debe ser rebuscada. No debe ser ese pequeño núcleo oculto bajo capas de rudeza o cinismo.
La bondad debe ser usada como coraza. Como la primera capa, la más visible, la que recibe el impacto del mundo. Una coraza no es algo débil; al contrario, te protege.
La bondad como armadura significa que decides que tu primera respuesta, tu interfaz con el mundo, será el respeto, la empatía y la integridad. Esa actitud te protege.
Te protege de convertirte en la clase de persona de la que otros deben excusar diciendo "es que en el fondo...". Te da una consistencia moral que los demás pueden ver y en la que pueden confiar.
Cuando la bondad es tu armadura, no tienes nada que esconder "en el fondo". Tu fondo y tu superficie son coherentes.
Esto no significa ser ingenuo o débil. Significa que tu fuerza viene de un principio claro: tratar a los demás con humanidad, incluso cuando es difícil, especialmente cuando es difícil.
Esa decisión consciente te fortalece más que cualquier capa de rudeza o indiferencia. La rudeza es fácil, es reactiva. La bondad como elección consciente y visible requiere mucha más fuerza de carácter.
Esa es la verdadera armadura: no una que te aísla del mundo, sino una que te permite moverte en él sin dejar de ser quien quieres ser.
Deja de buscar la bondad en el fondo de los demás, y mucho menos en el tuyo. Sácala. Úsala. Pontela. Es lo único que, en realidad, te defenderá de convertirte en aquello que dices despreciar.




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