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How kindness can become cruelty through delay

I have been putting off breaking up with my boyfriend for two months because I know it will hurt both of us and I hate causing pain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Compassion twisted into avoidance creates deeper suffering.

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“Where Are You with Procrastination — psychological and philosophical dimensions?”

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