The Bleeding Twins: Kindness & Consideration in a World at War with Itself

 

✧ Opening Invocation

They were born gentle.
Not weak.

Kindness — the touch that soothed the suffering.
Consideration — the awareness that someone else matters.

But today, they are bleeding.
Used.
Mistranslated.
Weaponized.

And they are begging to be seen again as they truly are.

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✦ Meet the Twins

✧ Kindness

She does not mean “be quiet.”
She does not mean “don’t fight back.”
She does not mean “smile through abuse.”

She is the courage to comfort,
even when your hands are shaking.

She walks with the wounded.
She holds the dying.
She speaks gently to those forgotten.

“I am not your weakness.
I am your proof of strength.”

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✧ Consideration

She sees the ripple before the stone drops.
She hears what isn’t said.
She pauses when others plow forward.

She is the soul who asks, “Will this hurt them?”
before speaking, buying, deciding.

“I am not about rules.
I am about reverence.”

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✦ Their Misuse: Kindness as Control, Consideration as Guilt

“Be kind — don’t make a scene.”
“Be considerate — don’t speak up.”
“Be nice — even when they abuse you.”

These are not the twins.
These are counterfeit daughters in stained silk.

Real kindness does not silence truth.
Real consideration does not erase your needs.

They were not created to keep the peace for tyrants.
They were created to preserve the dignity of all beings.

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✦ The Bleeding: Why They Hurt Today

They bleed in every boardroom where empathy is weaponized.
They bleed when survivors are told, “Be kind to your abuser.”
They bleed when people are told, “Be considerate of your tone,”
but no one considers their trauma.

They bleed every time their names are used
to shut someone up
instead of lift someone up.

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✦ The Healing: Restoring Their Place

To heal Kindness,
use her without expectation of return.

To heal Consideration,
ask her what’s needed, not what’s polite.

Let us use their names with honor, not manipulation.

Let us say:

“I offer kindness because I choose to,
not because you demanded it.”

“I give consideration not to avoid discomfort,
but because you are sacred too.”