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Vibing with an Empath | Purpose and Dream

nicoleciccarelli.com12/6/11

Think of this as an escapade that we are about to take, all I ask is that you open your mind to something that may blow it away. These are feelings I don't usually address, in doing so I am taking you into a different world and …

What is an Empath? « Karla McLaren

karlamclaren.com3/3/10

You're an empath, too. You also read emotions – we all do, because empathy is our nonverbal and preverbal language. We all use our empathic skills when we socialize, listen to music, work with animals and babies, …

I was never quite sure of the difference between sympathy and empathy and just looked up the meanings.

Several places that I checked treated the words almost interchangeably which would explain why so many people use the words incorrectly.

I did however find the following descriptions which satisfied me.

Sympathy and empathy are both acts of feeling, but with sympathy you feel for the person; you’re sorry for them or pity them, but you don’t feel their pain.

Empathy can best be described as feeling with the person.

Notice the distinction between “for” and “with”.

If you’ve ever had a headache and somebody tells you that they have a headache then you can imagine what they feel and sympathize with them.

Even if you’ve never had a headache though, you might be sitting next to somebody when suddenly your head hurts and that’s because you’re an empath.

You’re feeling their pain, so sympathy and empathy are very very different.

After fully understanding the above I wondered if it would be good to be an empath and decided that it would most likely be horrible.

But maybe it has its upside?

What do you think?

Write For Rights: The Power of Words | Artvoice Daily

blogs.artvoice.com12/8/11

AV's human rights correspondents, Kimberly Balicki and Sarah Bishop, send in this correspondence: It has been 63 years since the Universal Declaration on Human.

Sticks and Stones: The Power of Words « Stirring the Deep

stirringthedeep.com12/6/11

Sticks and Stones: The Power of Words. Who do you give “authority” to? Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Above is one of the most popular childhood rhymes that needs a little dissecting, …

I just came across this video which I found uplifting and inspirational.

And it’s true that words are mightier than the sword, and could change the world so quickly, if we just used them correctly.

So let’s start today!

Let’s only use words that will make the world a kinder, happier, and more loving place.

Will you?

And if not, why won’t you?