Thursday 30 June 2011

SYMPATHY VERSUS EMPATHY.....



On seeing people in difficult and problematic situations and conditions, an emotion, that we humans possess, comes itno existence. SYMPATHY. Out of sympathy, we try to help people in distress. But, we fail to realise that no human would like to be felt sorry for! Infact, every human longs for understanding......EMPATHY. You put yourself in that persons' shoes and then you will know what he/she is going through and only then will you be able to help that person truly.
An undeniable fact is that a human can never feel what another human feels but he/she can understand and share the feelings instead of feeling sorry. Understanding and sharing helps a lot more than feeling sorry for someone.
Sympathy will slowly fade away unlike empathy which will stay as constant as ever.
I am sure that the following line echoes the voice of each and every human:
" I do not want people to sympathize with me......empathy is what I long for! " :)


                             Don't break hearts with sympathy,
                             Join broken hearts with empathy! :) 
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