u/FlappyPappyPooh

My lifelong best friend and I were born on the same day in the same hospital. In college, he ghosted me after getting close to my girlfriend, and it sent me into years of expecting the worst from people.

That bitterness didn't protect me. It just made me someone I didn't like. When I finally started choosing kindness and optimism again, my life slowly changed. Better job, better opportunities, and healthier relationships. People still disappoint me sometimes, but I'd rather be kind and get hurt once in a while than let bitterness define me.

As cliché as it sounds, kindness wins.