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~ kindness outlasts everything we ever chased

Mark Kolke
Nov 30, 2025
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We spend so much energy optimizing our days that we forget to notice who we are inside them.

Calendars fill, batteries drain, and somewhere between the first coffee and the last email, our better selves wait to be invited into the room.

Kindness is not a hobby for people with spare time. It is the operating system of a life that will still make sense whe…

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