Research suggests that the most warm and generous people are sometimes the loneliest, and the explanation isn’t that kindness pushes people away, but that a particular way of being kind quietly does.
You will probably know someone like this. Possibly you are someone like this. They are the friend everyone calls when something has gone wrong. They remember your birthday, ask after your parents, notice when you seem off, and turn up with soup when you have a cold. They are, on …