When did a kind heart become a weak one?

Is it just a fairy tale that the kind Kong-ju and Cinderella lived happily ever after? The more I live, the more I realize that unlike fairy tales, reality is that kind people get hurt. Recently, I've been writing down the times I've been hurt because of my kind heart.

After a lot of scribbling, I felt a sense of emptiness. What I've been caring about all this time wasn't a kind heart, but a weak one. Even if I suffered financial or time losses, I tried to understand and care for the other person, but the other person just said thank you casually. A person's sincerity is shown through their actions, not their words.

The reason I didn't argue with the other person's selfish actions at that time was because I was considering the relationship with that person, and even the relationship between that person and those around us. Looking back, I wonder why I had to sacrifice myself to keep the peace with others.

Do I need to live as a hero for others when I'm not Superman or Batman?

And it's not like anyone knows I'm living a kind life. Of course, I don't do kind things for recognition, but when I meet someone who's overdoing it, it's not easy to think like a saint.

The peace that we easily think of is kept because of someone's sacrifice. The reason why the divided country of South Korea is safe is because there are people who have sacrificed for the country. Like this, peace between people sometimes requires someone's sacrifice. I thought it was important to maintain good relationships even if it meant enduring such sacrifices, but I gradually see cracks in that thought as I meet different people. It's bitter.

I just wanted to live happily ever after with the people I love. I'm so worried about so many things that I end up losing money and time. In the end, it even gets in the way of protecting the things I love. Yes, it's a pity, but a weak heart is the culprit that makes me suffer unnecessary losses, and those losses affect the people I love.

I'm not saying to live cruelly. It's just that you have to become strong before you become kind, to protect the people you love. That's how you can truly live happily ever after.

Reality is that living a kind life doesn't make beautiful things happen like in a fairy tale. You have to protect the people you love with a strong heart in order to live more happily than in a fairy tale. Each person's definition of when a kind heart became a weak heart may differ, but to live happily ever after with myself and the people around me, there should be no more losses caused by a kind heart.

I guess I really want to become strong.I want to give this weak heart to the dogs. I really can't help but be concerned. People who are behind, people who are isolated, people who are not in a good mood, sick people, people who might read this and not understand, people who might be in a bad situation and get hurt by me. I'm so worried about so many things. I thought it was a kind heart, but it's not. It's a weak heart. To protect the things I love, I should have become strong before becoming kind.

- Yoon So-jung, Continuous