onlytomholland:

you know what’s bullshit? the whole concept of “you gotta be kind to people even if they aren’t kind to you”. because if people don’t respect you, and they don’t appreciate you, then you gotta stand up for yourself. it won’t make you less kind, but it will let everyone know that you value yourself and don’t take any sort of crap from anyone. there’s no need in diminishing your worth to be a good person.