The Power of Empathy – Part 2

Empathy is often confused with sympathy but the two are different.  To be sympathetic is to feel sorry for the other person.  It is to look at someone else’s pain and situation and say or think, “That stink’s!”  And then, after we say that to them we just move on with our life because it does … Read more

The Power of Empathy – Part 1

We’ve all had difficult times where we have felt very alone.  Sometimes the people you think will be there aren’t, and the people you never expected are, but either way it can be difficult trust enough to let others into our pain.  When I look back, I can see that part of feeling alone was … Read more