What’s the difference between empathy and compassion? Empathy inspires people to connect and bring people closer together; compassion makes people feel alienated and disheartened. It may not be specific enough to describe the difference between the two, but you can deeply appreciate the huge gap between the two from the video and illustrations below.
Empathy has four qualities:
- Accept his ideas, so as to know the truth in their hearts
- Don’t give criticism (it’s not easy because everyone likes criticism)
- Understand the emotions of others and compare the heart to the heart
- Communication, empathy is to compare the heart to the heart and feel the same.
Empathy is a choice, a vulnerable choice, because you have to find similar connections, find emotions that you can relate to in your heart. When people hear someone confide in their sadness, they often give a “silver ray of hope”, such as: “I had a miscarriage, I’m sad”, “It’s okay, at least you know you can get pregnant” “My marriage is going to break up” “, “At least you have this marriage”, “My eldest son is going to be expelled from school”, “At least your youngest daughter is a gifted student” When we face difficult topics, we always hope to make things better, but I think, When I tell you my sadness, I’d rather you say to me… ‘I don’t know what I can say right now, but I’m glad you’re willing to tell me. ’ In fact, most responses are hard to make things better, and what makes things better is the connection between people. Finally, remember that when you are trying to comfort someone, you should give, not compassion, but empathy.
