She'd been saying yes for months.
Yes to the extra work. Yes to the plans she didn't want to go to. Yes to the question she didn't know how to answer honestly.
Every yes felt polite. Every yes felt kind.
Until one day a friend looked at her and said, "You don't seem like yourself lately."
She broke down. Right there. All those yeses had quietly buried her.
That's when she realised. All this time she thought she was being kind to everyone else. She hadn't been kind to herself. Not once.
The next morning she said no to something small. Just to see how it felt.
It felt like breathing.
Kindness doesn't always mean saying yes. Sometimes the kindest thing you can do — for yourself and for others — is to be honest.
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