Empathy is the ability to understand and feel what another person feels from their perspective. It involves putting yourself in another’s position to have a better understanding of what they are experiencing at that moment. It is a moment you show compassion by considering the feelings of those around you.
You could show empathy by listening to people tell their story, when you offer to help, by speaking comforting words and so on.
When you show empathy, it creates the feeling that you care; making that person(s) feel they are not alone, as well as create a connection that establishes friendship, trust and bond between both of you.
By and large, people go through certain unsavory experiences at one point in life or another. Nevertheless, your show of empathy could go a long way to help that person(s) go through, and come out of that situation.
Empathy; do you show it?
Princeton Hines
