From the trainer: Kindness; too much or too little?

摘要

Kindness is a virtue sometimes undervalued and often unacknowledged. Yet it is arguably our greatest strength and something that is inherent to our professional lives. Imagine for a second a world without kindness; what a desolate, barren world that would be. But exactly what is kindness? Is it always a positive virtue and how should it be used? Or not be used? Professional boundaries make us ask if one can be too kind? Can it be mis-interpreted or mis-placed? And the phrase 'cruel to be kind' describes an interesting paradox. Kindness is defined by the apple dictionary as 'the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate'. Mark Twain from a compassion point of view considered 'Kindness as a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see' (Lorette, 2016).