"You don't want your doctor to refrain from telling you that you are on the verge of liver failure to avoid upsetting you. You want to be told to cut out the booze."
Exactly. Or rather, they may *not* want to be told to cut out the booze. But the right thing to do, the kind thing to do, is to tell them anyway. True kindness is a willingne…
"You don't want your doctor to refrain from telling you that you are on the verge of liver failure to avoid upsetting you. You want to be told to cut out the booze."
Exactly. Or rather, they may *not* want to be told to cut out the booze. But the right thing to do, the kind thing to do, is to tell them anyway. True kindness is a willingness to make an uncomfortable choice, perhaps even a choice that is detrimental to us in some way, because it's better for the person/people we're being kind to.
This has always taken courage. But it's such a shame that it takes so *much* courage nowadays.
"You don't want your doctor to refrain from telling you that you are on the verge of liver failure to avoid upsetting you. You want to be told to cut out the booze."
Exactly. Or rather, they may *not* want to be told to cut out the booze. But the right thing to do, the kind thing to do, is to tell them anyway. True kindness is a willingness to make an uncomfortable choice, perhaps even a choice that is detrimental to us in some way, because it's better for the person/people we're being kind to.
This has always taken courage. But it's such a shame that it takes so *much* courage nowadays.