My comment on this will be unpopular, but I think this advice is reckless. Perhaps we need to be kind for the sake of kindness, but good people have every right to demand to be treated with respect. We should withdraw our good intentions based on the circumstances. THAT makes the world a better place, too.

There is good reason to cut out people in your life and it isn’t about “favors.”

A recent example was a friend who I helped with their business. I spent hundreds of hours developing their website, teaching them marketing, writing, and troubleshooting technology issues. I spent my own money, called in favors from other people, etc. It was practically a part-time job for more than a year.

Then I needed their help.

I wasn’t asking for money, or the type of work I had done for them. I needed their time and advice. I needed their expertise. I needed their support. I was scared because the situation involved a violent crime. I was at a loss as to what to do. I didn’t know where to go, if I should even report it, or if my life was in danger.

They told me they weren’t willing to listen and treated me like I was a hysterical female. They decided — without hearing the situation -- that I should take my problems elsewhere.

The next day, they asked me for help again. I am not kidding.

By this article, I should have kindly helped them in some cult of positivity move to make the world a better place. I should have gone out and given of myself to other people.

I did not. I suggested they take their problems elsewhere.

You see, I don’t want a world like what the author suggests. I dont want to encourage selfishness. I want to be surrounded by people who I can rely on when the chips are down. I want people that give as generously and freely as I do.