Empathy begins by meeting people where they are without judgment. But then what?
How can we give hope? Not false hope. Not a silver lining. Not the solution you’re…
When it comes to disagreements, what we say and how we say it make a significant difference in the outcome of the conversation.
I was angry, hurt, and confused. The last thing I wanted to do was empathize.
“How they could do this? Why did they?”
Buddhism teaches that desire causes all suffering. It’s believed that when desire ceases, pain ceases.
Any time we do hard things — demonstrate empathy when we’d rather not, show grace when it’s not deserved, keep working when our effort goes unnoticed — this question pops into our mind.