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A new year comes with new laws and there's one particular one that caught my eye. A weird one that "prohibits prohibitions for compassion." When you got something like that, it really is a weird reality. Then again, we're more hesitant than ever to help each other out, and that may be because helping our fellow neighbor out is no longer simply doable as it was before. It used to be natural to step in and offer your support, to show that you actually care for other people. Nowadays, a simple act of kindness is tied up in rules, approvals, and consequences that didn’t used to be there and they didn't need to be there in the first place. Community operated on trust and shared responsibility and people helped because they lived alongside each other, not because they had to check the fine print. And surely, that instinct to help a fellow human being in need hasn’t disappeared, but it sure has slowed down to an insufferable crawl, weighed against risk, and it's just pushed through layers of regulation that make even the most tender good intentions feel so complicated. As boundaries were drawn to prevent harm, they quietly widened the gap that allowed us to act on our instincts of benevolence. It's those same acts that were meant to help each other out began to carry conditions and a moment of pause. Kindness started to require justification. Even organized efforts to support others can now face scrutiny, leaving individuals to pause and wonder whether stepping in the scenario is worth the cost. We are still concern for each other, but now, it heavily competes with caution and hesitance. Over time, we changed how people see one another, and how safe it feels to act on simple human instincts. Our structures around us seem to favor protection over connection, they reward restraint and encourage distance. Looking out for yourself becomes the safer choice, while looking out for others feels uncertain because it carries a danger that we often ignore until it makes the headlines for its absurdity, that being a good samaritan now carries possibility of a lawsuit. Can you imagine, being good, being neighborly, being compassionate could ruin your livelihood, it's a tragedy.

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