Kindness Is Not Weakness

Stories, Science, and Wisdom for a Life Well Lived

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Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Verlag:

Independently Published

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35295532

EAN: 9798188366438

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Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Di, 08.09.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 27.25

Beschreibung

Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent fifteen years in a cell where kindness was rationed, weaponized, or withdrawn entirely. He also spent those years watching it arrive in the most impossible places - a guard who brought a ladder to free a pigeon caught in barbed wire, a fellow prisoner who called out encouragement during interrogation, an attorney who fought for eight years to bring his words into the light. Then came the morning he believed was his last. Blindfolded, stripped, and certain he was about to die, he found that everything he thought he'd regret - the money he hadn't made, the adventures he hadn't taken - meant nothing. "What I understood then has not left me since: a good life is not complicated. Kindness can come with challenges, but it is simpler than the alternatives. ". Kindness Is Not Weakness. is the full story that grew from that epiphany - six volumes brought together into one book. Drawing on neuroscience, world history, Islamic tradition, and his own Bedouin upbringing, Slahi walks through:. Why cooperation, not aggression, is what actually made humans the dominant species on Earth. The real chemistry behind the "helper's high" - and why kindness is measurably good for your heart. How one small act of generosity ripples outward through entire social networks. Why mercy toward animals and the earth is inseparable from mercy toward people. The brave kindness of history's quiet heroes - from Saladin at the gates of Jerusalem to a lone congresswoman who cast the only vote against endless war. Why self-compassion isn't indulgence, but the foundation everything else is built on. Part memoir, part science, part invitation, this is a book for anyone who has ever wondered whether one ordinary person can really make a difference. "The pond is waiting for that small pebble. You already know how to throw it. Begin. ".

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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