Empathy (Samvedna) the best thing you can do for yourself.
The best gift you can give to yourself and people in your life.
I thought I practised it as a coach and trainer. It was only in the last 2 years which had so many losses and grief, life pushed me to a place of self reflection and awareness and finally empathy.
It’s so easy to judge and only see my own viewpoint. It’s so much harder to see things from another’s viewpoint.
To suspend my own judgement, to be ok with having another’s point of view, to being ok with accepting that they behave contrary to my beliefs.
To be ok and let go of the anger and despair I feel because they behaved the way they did and made me feel like crawling into a small ball.
To just listen when they want to share their thoughts and emotions. To ask questions to explore their thoughts and feelings. To just be with them in that moment.
And I saw this and thought it’s a great definition of empathy.
It reminds me to just be.
