How do you never mistake kindness for weakness?

Question: How do you never mistake kindness for weakness!?
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Weakness to me is not standing up for yourself and letting others run over you because you don't have the guts to say enough already!.
Kindness for me is helping others who need my help but are not demanding it of me!. Kindness is doing something for others that does not require anything in return!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

kindness is a product of strength, never weakness! to be kind takes effort and proves that you possess strong moral character!. sometimes it's difficult to be kind!. it means you have to go the extra mile and might be exposed to things you would rather not see, for example someone who volunteers their time to help homeless people, and seeing people living in such horrible conditions makes you sad, but you overcome that in order to help them because you KNOW it's the right thing to do!. and in today's world, doing the right thing is almost NEVER easy, because it is almost always unpopular and is usually met with animosity and/or adversary!.
plus, if you've ever noticed, most people who are truly kind have been through hard times themselves!. this makes them genuinely caring of others because their own problems have heightended their sensitivity to others' issues!. in this way, kindness is always a product of strength!.
i fail to see how looking out for others and offering the best that we have to one another could EVER be weak!. it makes you brave before anything else!. true, you might be making yourself emotionally vulnerable to other people taking advantage of you, but the fact that you are knowingly taking that chance in order to help someone else is courageous, not cowardly, and makes you bold, not soft!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

To be kind to someone is never a weakness!. that said though i have fallen pray to mistaking kindness for weakness!. When this happens now i stop myself and earnestly try and place myself in their shoes!. i often come to better understand people and society when i do this!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

By accepting kindness for what it really is!.
Forget about focusing on weakness as there are millions of people on this earth who are kind and strong I believe you could name it having humility!.

Just my opinion btw

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When you have your enemies in your power and still do them well, it is kindness!.

If you back down from your beliefs via intimidation that is fear!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The difference between kindness and weakness is the difference between an open door and a doormat!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the same could be said for mistaken niceness for softness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

those two are in common very very much!.Www@QuestionHome@Com