Saying yes when you mean no isn't generosity. It's a small self-abandonment you keep mistaking for being a good person.

The thought behind it

Some things stay heavy because they have no name. This line supplies one, and the weight becomes something you can hold. Quiet Power is unglamorous by design: the version of you it builds is the only receipt you get. Watch what “generosity” does here. Change it and the sentence becomes comfortable again, which is how you know it matters.