What does it take to be nice? Nothing at all? Not much? A little? Quite a bit? A lot? A whole person. Because being nice to someone despite everything you get through. Cracking a smile when you are cracking on the inside. Laughing with tears in your eyes. Only you know that it’s sadness pouring out. It takes so much will to show you my face every day and pretends to be fine when I feel suffocated.

It takes him a lot of strength to lift his spirits up when all he does is feeling down. She relies on her contact lenses to make it seem like she hasn’t been crying. Yet. Yet they would be nice to you because they would truly understand what it feels like to be in a vulnerable position, and no one willing to be there.

Being nice is a hard task. It looks easy but it’s hard to keep being nice, despite having sorrows and disappointments pierce through. And continuing to live. It takes a lot more than just the soul. Some say it feels like being a whole different dimension. Only because you realize the real satisfaction of actually lending your hand to someone when they needed the most. For all you know, you could have made someone’s day…you could have made someone feel differently…you could have saved someone’s life. If we all could just discard all the barriers that hold down our ego or hatred. Then the phrase “It cost nothing to be nice.” Will actually have a meaning. Because right now, at this moment, someone is taking a sharp breath in to pretend that they are fine.