The
highest form of knowledge is empathy. It is a strong connection point with
others. It’s a needed skill for harmonious relationship and to also minimize
stress and strain. When we develop our power of empathy, the other party opens
up to us, fostering a happy union. Loving others is simply loving oneself.
When
we judge people’s act, we can’t also have the time to love them. But if you
want to love others, show empathy. A lot of times, we show sympathy when in
actually sense people need our empathy. To show empathy is to see with the eyes
of another, hears through the ears of another and listen with the heart of
another. We connect more, deeper and better with one another that way.
Showing
empathy is for you to understand the likely challenges the other might likely be
going through and vice versa. It reduces the invisible gap, knowing someone
else can feels what you are feeling and understand best. Empathy is the
greatest virtue, from it all virtues flow and without it, all virtue is an act.
It is the impetus for creating change; it propels positive feedback from others.
The only way to change someone mind and heart is to connect with them, rather
than talk to them.
Don't
just say it or hear it, rather feel it with others, go through the process with
them and see how beautiful things will turn. Jesus could love us better because
he was once a man and so understand all we are going through because he went
through the same.
Too
often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening
ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.- Leo Buscaglia
Just
last week, we visited the ministry of justice, the office of public defender,
of which I am a volunteer. We went with the objective to train the social
workers on how to effectively manage cases of child abuse and the virtue of
empathy came up so strongly, as it is needed for life, self fulfillment and to
show love to others.
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