Empathy is the ability to recognize, perceive and experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort of emotional resonance. Empathy not only makes us understand the feelings and perspective of the other people but also guides us in our actions. A person having empathy has an overriding desire to alleviate the suffering of others. It is the balm for discomforting souls and the source of all round happiness.
We usually find less of Empathy. Empathy the most important feeling and difficult also. because its rare to find and usually rare can empathy.
Have u ever noticed that the doctors with empathy heal us faster?
Unfortunately, the extremely busy and self-centred lives of the present times discourage empathy. We have no time for softer emotions that we want to show beyond our near and dear ones. Consequently we are bereft of feelings of empathy for our accquitances and neighbours. Without empathy, act of kindness are few and far between. Moreover , we often mistake pity for empathy.
Pity as opposed to empathy insulates us from the victim whereas empathy is grounded in a sense of connect. We should strive to make empathy an inherent part of our character as it has the power to turn our lives around.