#Consideration

Compassion is the high-end social currency of gently touching another’s pain and converting the sensation into one’s own moral credit. Originally an act of genuine assistance, it morphs into a stage for self-satisfaction and performance. Masquerading as deep understanding, it serves as a mirror reflecting our real desire to maintain distance. The heart that claims to care often hides the opportunity to flaunt one’s own virtue.

Consideration is a social ritual that erects a rusty fence around someone’s emotional garden to watch over them without getting scratched, all while you look on coolly. Wearing the mask of kindness, it silently invades another’s personal space. Phrases like "After you" or "Are you cold?" often carry the scent of self-indulgence, serving only as sensors to gauge reactions. Its true purpose is not to warm hearts, but to insure your social status from freezing over.

“Consideration” is the corporate ritual of endless discussion to avoid actual execution. When a decision nears, a new agenda item magically appears. Participants pile up documents and craft fluffy minutes for a sense of accomplishment. The number of meetings becomes the true barometer of organizational vitality. Thus, real decisions forever linger as under consideration, the ingenious corporate loophole.