Remembering What You Know
Recently I ran into a friend who sheepishly asked me if I had any tips that might help him express or feel empathy, honestly I was flummoxed. No one has ever asked me how to get in touch with their empathy, I’ve heard the opposite quite a few times, but to actually tell me that he didn’t think he had any empathy was a bit shocking
We chatted for a few minutes and I asked him if he’s always felt this way, he replied, “no.” That answer immediately lifted the gray cloud from atop my head and I suggested it might be the prolonged stress from work and all the distractions that we all experience on a daily basis. “Maybe,” I said “ you’ve got too much noise in your life, and maybe you can’t access what you already know.” “Ok” he said, “what can I do to get back in touch with my feeling of empathy?”