Which requires more effort... meanness or kindness?

Question: Which requires more effort!.!.!. meanness or kindness!?

is kindness an art sometimes!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Anyone can show meanness!. (even my Cat does sometimes)

Showing Kindness isnt something you work on all the time!.
Its something shown from the "heart" and may come
spontaneously at a given moment in time!.

Unfortunately!.!.and I need to say "unfortunately" we live in a time and age when kindness shown isnt always returned to us, and when it sometimes is, it may be returned with 'meanness' !.!.!.Tragically, this is often the real case!.

I dont think kindness is an Art, rather its simply an Emotion!.
Good Question!. (shows emotional feeling for others)!.
Requires a Philosophical outlook to answer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That depends on the kind of person you are - people struggle against their fear to do either - although in a nutshell I would say it is easier to be mean to walk past someone who has been hit by a car or ignore someones pleas for help to indulge the ego and act like a tough guy!.
Personally I find kindness the easiest because I like people being mean would require me to break several inner boundaries and knock out many internal anti meanness security dudes kinda like the matrix but in my head and soulWww@QuestionHome@Com

A lot of effort goes into being mean because its a negative action you have to work at it, showing kindness is a way of life, its something you do automatically no effort required, you have a kindness gene in your body when your born it comes naturally, mean is a learned behavior, and as some of us leave childhood it becomes more apparent, by the time some of us reached full fledged adulthood we are the kings and queens of mean!. lolWww@QuestionHome@Com

I have met people in life, who really don't have a mean
bone in their body!. And it shows!. I mean it REALLY
shows!. Kindness is their nature, ergo, it requires less
effort than to be mean!. In fact, I've met genuine people
who have never said a bad thing about somebody!.
That could be one definition of an angel!.

Speaking only for myself, cuz, that's really all I can speak
for, its neither more or less!. It depends on the MOOD
I'm in AT THE MOMENT!. So I would surmise that
is takes less effort to be kind when we are in a good
mood, and less effort to be mean when we are upset!.

Make sense!? Now, don't you have kind thoughts toward
me for explaining it so succinctly!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Kindness is an ART of living

We are kind and we need something in return for our kindness!
If we do not get it we become mean!

Kindness is like LIGHT from the SUN!

We cannot see with our EYES (eventhough we have eyes) without sun light!

Kindness comes from outside for our GOOD deed!

Meanness come from INSIDE! Mind! Selfish ACT!

What we see is what we get!

We cannot have HOT EYES like SUN and do mean things in this WORLD!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It depends on who you are!.
If I stole something, I would never use it or always regret it!.
If a thief didn't take an opportunity to steal it he may always regret it!. I am nice & kind because it is the easiest for me to do, it's just what I do, who I am!. Lock me in a gage & torment me I guess I would change!. We are all the slaves of selfish genes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I rather think kindness, simply because it's ongoing, and such pleasure is derived from it!. Meanness on the other hand is just an individuals way of coping with an mental inability to retain their "possess ions" and a fear of loosing them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

it depends what knid of mood you are in!.
if you are in a bad mood, meanness comes with no effort!. and vice versa, if you are in a good mood, kindness comes with no effort!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Both need a lot of effort!.!.!.!.but I rather use it to be kind!.
Artistic kindness has a lot of critics!. Yet, if you pursue, in most cases, your children are the ones to hear about it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Being nice takes less of an effort!. You use fewer facial muscles to smile as opposed to frown!. Is kindness an art!? It has has greater flexibility!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

kindness requires a great deal more effort because it is a strength!.!. to say kindness is an art would demean the nature of kindness itselfWww@QuestionHome@Com

kindness until we learn to be kind by nature then it is very easy and much more enjoyable, the soul in need of work relies on cruelty, yes kindness is truly an artWww@QuestionHome@Com

kindness requiress a lot more energy!.
its easy to neglect people to ignore to be inconsiderate but does that mean we should do it

of course notWww@QuestionHome@Com

Kindness is an art of life!. As children we were selfish and to grow older wanting to give is a learned experience!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I say meanness!. Whenever I am nasty, I find that I used more energy to be mean than I could have being nice!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It depends on the person!.!.!.
To the non artists, meanness comes so easily!.!.!.!.!.!.
Because kindness is a fine art!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.oh, it is so easy to be mean if we dwell in darkness!.!.!.but for those who see into the light, kindness comes naturallyWww@QuestionHome@Com