Your Kindness Was Their Test, and They Failed Miserably

you know people like you you're a rare breed yeah I said it rare not because you're special not because the world owes you anything but because you dared to care in this Carnival of vultures you decided hey let me be the good guy let me be kind and oh they ate that up didn't they your kindness was their feast your softness was their playground they took you ripped you apart chewed you up and spat you out without even looking back and you you stood there didn't you still hoping still believing that maybe just maybe they

change but let me tell you something Sunshine people don't change they reveal who they are every time you smile every time you gave every time you forgave you handed them a weapon and what did they do with it they stabbed you in the back over and over and each time you thought maybe I didn't give an up maybe I need to be better no no the problem wasn't you it was never you the problem was them they saw your kindness as a weakness they saw your love as something to exploit they saw your patience as

a green light to walk all over you and you you let them why because you you thought being good meant being used you thought being kind meant sacrificing yourself listen to me kindness isn't letting people step on your neck love isn't giving everything until there's nothing left for yourself that's not kindness that's self-destruction and you you've been destroying yourself for people who wouldn't lift a finger to save you if you were drowning let me guess you're sitting there wallowing in your own misery blaming yourself for everything that went wrong you're thinking about every single time

they hurt you every single time they took advantage of you and you're wondering why me why you because you let them you handed them the knife and begged them to stab you you opened the door to your soul and said come on in wreck everything and they did oh they did here's the thing kid people like them they don't deserve people like you they failed the T test your kindness was their test and they failed miserably every time they lied to you every time they used you every time they made you feel small they were

showing you exactly who they are and you ignored it you ignored the red flags because you wanted to believe in the good but sometimes there is no good sometimes people are just rotten you're sitting here with all this pain all this anger and you don't know what to do with it you want to scream you want to cry you want to tear the whole world apart and you should you should feel every bit of it let it consume you let it burn you alive because pain like this it doesn't go away it doesn't fade it

stays but you know what you can do with it you can use it take all that pain all that betrayal all that anger and turn it into Power let it fuel you let it drive you they wanted to break you didn't they they wanted to see you crawl don't give them that satisfaction stand up wipe the blood off your face look them in the eye and say you thought you could destroy me watch me rise because here's the truth and it's going to sting they don't care about you they never did they cared about what

you could give them how you made them feel they took everything they could and left you empty but you you're still standing you're still here that means they didn't win they never will do you know what the best revenge is no it's not getting even it's not hurting them the way they hurt you it's becoming everything they said you couldn't be it's turning all that pain into greatness it's proving to yourself not to them to yourself that you're stronger than they ever thought possible stop crying over people who wouldn't cry over you stop breaking yourself

for people who wouldn't bend for you stop giving pieces of your soul to people who don't even know how to hold them they don't deserve you they never did and I know what you're thinking but Joker if I stop being kind won't I become just like them no you won't because kindness isn't about being a doormat kindness is about having the strength to say I deserve better it's about setting boundaries it's about knowing your worth and refusing to settle for less you're not weak because you care you're not weak because you love but you're weak

if you let them keep taking from you strength isn't about how much you can give it's about knowing when to stop so stop stop giving to people who take you for granted stop loving people who don't love you back stop waiting for people to change when they've shown you exactly who they are your kindness was their test and they failed miserably now it's your turn it's your turn to rise to grow to become everything they thought you couldn't be don't do it for them do it for yourself because at the end of the day the

only person you owe anything to is you they'll regret it you know one day they'll look back and realize what they lost they'll see you shining thriving unsto able and they'll hate themselves for it but by then it won't matter because you'll be so far ahead so far beyond their reach that their regret will mean nothing so stand up stand tall show them that they didn't break you show them that you're stronger than they ever thought possible show them that their failure wasn't your end it was your beginning remember this your kindness was their test

and they failed miserably now it's time for you to pass yours oh you think this is over you think I'm done no no no sit down we're just getting St Ed you don't get to walk away from this without facing the truth the whole truth the one you've been running from your whole life yeah you're good at running aren't you running from the pain from the Betrayal from yourself well guess what you can't run forever eventually it catches up and here we are let's talk about your kindness that little spark inside you that keeps Whispering

maybe they'll change maybe they didn't mean it maybe it's my fault shut it up right now that voice is not your friend that voice is the same one that's been chaining you to people who couldn't care less if you lived or died kindness real kindness doesn't come from weakness it comes from strength but here's the kicker strength isn't just about giving it's about knowing when to stop it's about looking someone in the eye and saying I see you for who you really are and I won't let you use me anymore that's kindness not this martyrdom

you've been parading around thinking it makes you a Saint Saints get crucified kid is that what you want look at the scars they've left on you go on look Every Lie every betrayal every time they made you feel like you were nothing those are your battle wounds and you wear them like a badge don't you like some Twisted trophy but here's the thing about scars they don't just show where you've been hurt they show where you've healed so heal stop reopening the wounds just to Fe feel something stop letting them tear you apart just to

prove you can survive it you're not here to survive you're here to live and living means cutting out the rot it means looking at the people who've hurt you and saying you don't get to do this to me anymore I know what you're thinking you're scared you're scared to let go because a part of you still thinks they might come back that they might say they're sorry that they might finally see your worth but let me tell you something Sunshine they've already seen your worth they saw it and they decided to take it for granted

they knew exactly what you were worth and they chose to treat you like you were worthless let that s think in the people who hurt you they're not blind they're selfish they knew you'd forgive them they knew you'd stay and they use that against you every single time so stop waiting for an apology that's never coming stop holding on to hope that they'll change they won't they don't deserve your forgiveness and they sure as hell don't deserve your love you're sitting here thinking that cutting them out means you're cruel that it means you've given up

on them but you're not cruel you're realistic and giving up on someone who's been dragging you down isn't cruelty it's survival it's self-respect it's knowing that you deserve better than the scraps they're throwing at you you gave them kindness real kindness and they threw it in your face that's not your failure it's theirs and you know what that's their problem now not yours stop carrying their guilt stop carrying their shame it's not your job to fix them it's your job to fix yourself because here's the thing they're not coming to save you no one is

you have to save yourself you have to look in the mirror and say I'm done being a victim I'm done being their punching bag I'm done letting them Define who I am you've got two choices kid you can sit here and keep letting them win or you can get up and take back what's yours take back your power take back your life take back your soul and when you do when you finally stand up and walk away from them they'll notice oh they'll notice they'll come crawling back begging for another chance swearing they've changed don't

believe it it's a trap they'll try to pull you back in because they need you they need your kindness your forgiveness your love to feel good about themselves don't give it to them let them sink in the mess they've made you don't owe them anything not your time not your tears not your forgiveness the only person you owe anything to is yourself and you owe it to yourself to move on to grow to be better not for them but for you let me ask you something what would you do if you if you weren't afraid

if you weren't afraid of losing them of being alone of failing think about that really think about it because fear is what's been holding you back not love not kindness fear and fear it's a liar it Whispers In Your Ear telling you that you can't survive without them that you'll never find anyone else that you're not enough but you are you are enough you always were so here's what you're going to do you're going to stand up you're going to take all that pain all that anger all that fear and you're going to use it

you're going to let it fuel you drive you push you to become the person you were always meant to be and when you do when you finally become that person they'll see it they'll see what they lost and it'll eat them alive but by then it won't matter because you'll be so far ahead so far beyond their reach that their regret will be nothing more than a Whisper In The Wind so rise Rise From the Ashes they live left you in rise and show them that you're not just a Survivor you're a force to be

reckoned with because your kindness was their test and they failed now it's your turn to show them what happens when you stop being kind to people who don't deserve it your story doesn't end here it begins right now you know what their real problem was they underestimated you they saw your kindness your willingness to give and they mistook it for weakness funny how that works huh they thought because you cared you couldn't be strong they thought because you forgave you couldn't draw the line but what they didn't see what they couldn't see is that kindness

is the ultimate strength it's easy to be cruel it's easy to tear someone down to take and take without ever giving back any coward can do that and that's exactly what they are cowards weak spineless cowards who couldn't handle the fact that you were stronger than them in ways they'll never understand you think strength is about muscles about power about control no real strength is in the quiet it's in the patience to keep going when everything inside you is screaming to give up it's in the courage to care even when the world tells you to

stop that's strength and you have it in Spades but strength doesn't mean letting people use you it doesn't mean being everyone's doormat it means knowing your worth standing your ground and walking away when you need to you've been carrying everyone else's weight for so long you've forgotten how to stand tall for yourself you've been bending over backwards for people who wouldn't even take a step forward for you stop it stop breaking yourself into pieces to make other people feel whole stop giving and giving until there's nothing left for yourself you think that's Noble you think

that makes you a good person no it makes you a fool a fool who's been used and discarded by people who don't even deserve to know your name and let's talk about them these people you've been breaking yourself for do you think they care do you think they lose sleep at night thinking about what they've done to you no they're sleeping like babies dreaming of their next victim their next Conquest you you're just another stepping stone to them another name on their list they don't deserve you they never did and you need to stop pretending

that they do you need to stop hoping for something that will never come closure apologies Redemption forget it those are luxuries they'll never give you because they don't have the capacity to understand what they've done but you understand you feel it don't you every scar they left every piece of you they took it's all still there buried deep inside and it's screaming to be acknowledged so acknowledge it feel it let it hurt Let It Burn burn and then let it go because here's the truth you don't need them you never did the strength you're looking

for the validation you're craving it's not out there it's in you it's always been in you you just forgot how to see it they blinded you with their lies their manipulations their false promises but now it's time to open your eyes look at yourself really look see the scars the wounds the pain and realize that you survived you're still here you're still breathing you're still fighting that's power that's resilience that's what they were afraid of all along Because deep down they knew they couldn't break you not completely sure they tried they tore you apart piece

by piece hoping you'd crumble but you didn't you're still standing battered and bruised but unbroken and that terrifies them they wanted to see you destroyed because it made them feel powerful it made them feel in control but now now the tables have turned now it's your turn to take control and here's how you do it you stop caring about them you stop wasting your energy on people who don't deserve it you stop giving your time your love your kindness to people who wouldn't give you the time of day you take all of that energy all

of that love and you pour it into yourself yeah I said it yourself the person who's been with you through it all the person who's picked up the pieces every time they left you shattered the person who's fought to keep going even when it felt impossible that person deserves your kindness that person deserves Your Love you've been so busy trying to save everyone else you forgot to save yourself well now's the time no one else is coming no one else is going to do it for you it's up to you and you can do it

I know you can because you're stronger than they'll ever be you've endured more pain more betrayal more heartbreak than most people could even imagine and you're still here that's not weakness that's not failure that's strength pure unfiltered strength so use it use it to rebuild yourself use it to create the life you deserve use it to become the person you were always meant to be not for them not to prove anything to anyone but for you because at the end of the day the only person who matters is you the only person who can save

you is you and the only person who deserves your kindness your love your time is you so rise Rise From the Ashes they left you in rise and show them that their failure was your beginning rise and become everything they said you couldn't be because your kindness was their test and they failed miserably now it's your turn to show them what happens when you finally put yourself first this is your story write it Own It live it you think this is hard you think this pain is unbearable oh sweetheart let me tell you something this

this is the beginning the beginning of the rest of your life the beginning of your Awakening because pain real gut-wrenching Soul crushing pain isn't your enemy it's your teacher it's the only thing in this miserable world that tells you the truth without sugar coating it and right now it's screaming at you to wake up but you don't want to hear that do you you'd rather drown in your pity clutching onto the memories of people who treated you like dirt hoping praying that somehow they'll realize their mistakes and come running back to you spoiler alert they

won't they never will and even if they did would you honestly want them think about it really think about it these people who tore you apart piece by piece do they deserve a second chance do they deserve your forgiveness no they don't even deserve a passing thought and yet here you are stuck in the past letting their actions define you're present it's pathetic you've got all this anger inside you all this fire and you're just letting it burn you alive why because you think anger is bad because you think holding on to it makes you

a bad person no no no anger isn't the problem problem the problem is what you do with it you've been wasting it letting it turn inward using it to destroy yourself instead of using it to build something new anger is energy kid pure raw energy and you can either let it consume you or let it drive you your choice but let me tell you if if you let it drive you if you harness it control it use it it'll make you Unstoppable they called you weak didn't they they laughed at your kindness mocked Your Love

spat on your forgiveness but they have no idea what you're capable of they thought your softness made you easy to break but they didn't realiz is that your softness is what makes you unbreakable because here's the thing about people like you you bend but you don't snap you endure you adapt you survive and that scares the hell out of them they wanted to see you broken but all they did was make you stronger every lie every betrayal every scar they were just sharpening the blade and now that blade is in your hands what are you

going to do with it are you going to let it rust leave it unused let it sit there as a reminder of what they did to you or are you going to wield it use it to carve out A New Path a new life a new you they thought they destroyed you prove them wrong show them that every ounce of pain they gave you was just fuel for the fire show them that the person they tried to tear down doesn't exist anymore because you're not that person not anymore you're stronger now harder wiser you've seen

the truth about people about life about yourself and that truth it's ugly it's brutal but it's real and real is what you need right now not lies not Illusions not false hope real the real real you is rising Breaking Free from the chains they put you in and let me tell you something about chains they're only as strong as you let them be you've been holding on to those chains refusing to let go because you think they Define you they don't they never did you define you your choices your actions your strength that's what defines

you not them not their words not their actions you so choose choose to rise choose to let go of the people who hurt you choose to take all that pain all that anger all that fire and use it to become something greater not for them not to prove anything to them but for you because you deserve it you deserve to be happy you deserve to be free you deserve to live a life that's yours not a life dictated by the people who couldn't see your worth they failed your test miserably now it's your turn your

turn to rise your turn turn to thrive your turn to take back everything they stole from you and more and when you do when you finally become the person you were always meant to be they'll regret it they'll regret every lie every betrayal every time they made you feel like you were nothing but by then their regret won't matter because you'll be so far ahead so far above their reach that they'll be nothing more than a shadow in your past so rise kid rise and show them that their failure wasn't your end it was your

beginning rise and become everything they said you couldn't be rise and take back your power your life your soul because this isn't the end of your story it's the beginning and it's going to be one hell of a story so write it Own It live it and never ever forget your kindness was their test and they failed miserably but you you're about to pass yours with flying colors you want to know the funniest part they'll never understand the magnitude of what they lost never it'll haunt them in moments they can't predict in the quiet hours

when the world slows down when they're forced to sit with themselves that's when it'll hit them the void the whole they created when they ripped you apart but don't you dare make the mistake of waiting for that moment don't wait for them to regret it to come crawling back to say the words you deserve to hear their regret doesn't heal you their apologies don't fix you only you can do that you're sitting there holding holding on to every word they said every promise they broke every time they made you feel like you weren't enough you're

replaying it all in your head over and over as if somehow that'll change the ending but it won't the past is carved in stone you can't change it what you can change is what you do next they tried to destroy you that was their goal wasn't it to reduce you to nothing to leave you questioning your worth your place in this world and for a while they succeeded you doubted yourself you hated yourself you let their actions dictate your value but here's the thing their actions were never about you their betrayal their lies their cruelty

it was never about who you are it was about who they are weak insecure selfish they saw your light and it terrified them so they tried to Snuff it out but your light is still there buried maybe dimmed sure but it's there and it's waiting for you to set it free you're not broken no matter how much they tried to convince you otherwise you're not ruined you're not less then you're a godamn phoenix waiting to Rise From the Ashes they left you in and when you rise when you finally stand tall they'll feel it Oh

They'll feel it they'll look at you and see everything they'll never have everything they threw away and it'll Le them alive but by then it won't matter to you because you'll be untouchable let me tell you something about people like them they're parasites they latch on to anyone who will give them what they need attention validation power and they suck them dry that's what they did to you isn't it they drained you of everything you had to give and when there was nothing left they moved on but here's the secret they don't want you to

know you don't need them you never did the only Power they had over you was the power you gave them and now you're taking it back you think it's too late don't you too late to rebuild to start over to find happiness again that's the why they've been feeding you that's the chain they've wrapped around your mind but it's not too late it's never too late as long as you're breathing as long as you're alive you have a chance to turn it all around look at me look at me you're stronger than you think stronger

than they ever gave you credit for you've endured more than most people could handle and you're still here that's not weakness that's power that's resilience but resilience alone isn't enough you got to channel it You' got to use it you've got to take all that pain all that anger all that betrayal and turn it into fuel fuel to create something new something Unstoppable something they can never touch and I know it's hard I know it feels impossible but nothing worth having ever comes easy you want to heal you want to move on you want to

become the person you were always meant to be then fight for it fight for yourself fight like hell because the world isn't going to hand it to you it's not going to apologize for the pain it's caused you it's not going to make it easy but that's the beauty of it the harder the fight the sweeter the victor ictory so fight fight for your peace fight for your happiness fight for the life you deserve and don't you dare stop until you have it and when you get there when you finally reach the place you've been

fighting for don't forget what it took to get there don't forget the scars the pain the lessons they're a part of you now they're your armor but most importantly don't forget who you are you're not their victim you're not their puppet you're not their punching bag you're a warrior a Survivor a godamn force of nature so rise Rise From the Ashes they left you in rise rise and show them what happens when you refuse to break rise and become the person they never thought you could be because this isn't the end of your story it's

just the beginning and it's going to be one hell of a story remember this your kindness was their test and they failed miserably but you you're about to pass yours with flying colors now go go and show the world what you're made of