# Empathy first and always Created On: 06-05-2023 09:16 am Type: #note/evergreen🌲 #important Topics: [[Empathy (MOC)]] / [[Imperatives of life]] --- ==One of the sure footed ways to ensure you live a bountiful live: have empathy for everyone, first and always...== Never project your feelings onto others, but ask gently and confidently to understand theirs... Put your ego aside and dawn their mind, their past, their trauma, their life experience... Be there for them in a way that no one every likely has... Be that life giving spark... That starts with empathy... [[Hurt manifests hurt]]. And if we don't take the time to understand people's hurt, we'll simply reject them: [[Once you label me you negate me]]... That is not who we're called to as people... It is our duty to not be dragged down by others, but model hope... Model an introspective and deeply challenging inward strength and confidence of coping at the source and a belief in what's possible - anything... Often times, this requires us to [[Showing up for them like they never will for you|show up in ways that they won't for you]]... Have a servant heart... Your heart was softened for this through your trauma and your experience... You were made for this. If there is anything in life that you can lose that would be so demonstrable to every aspect of your life and those who surround you, it is empathy... Have a bias to be there... [[Just because I don't understand doesn't mean it is wrong|Even when you don't understand or you can't relate doesn't mean it is wrong or isn't real]]... It is only an opportunity to expand your empathy, and therefore your mind. Love people... [[There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved]]