Empathy is good, but not enough. Empathy is the ability to recognize someone else's emotions, accurately identify what they're feeling, and understand what it must feel like.
Empathy is just an emotion.
Compassion, though, is empathy plus action. Compassion is what helps.
Empathy is just an emotion.
Compassion, though, is empathy plus action. Compassion is what helps.
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Let your empathy become compassion, which is emotion in action.
Compassion says: How can I help?
Be greater than empathy. Be the heart that trembles in the face of suffering. Be open to the suffering of others (and yourself) and aspire to heal it.
Compassion is not ours to give, it works through us. Like the quality of mercy it falls as the gentle rain upon the place beneath. It is an aspect of the divine. Be a channel for it.