Connecting Issues to Cultural Identities With Empathy

Audio transcript: The Power of Empathy

Why have sympathy and mercy virtue empathy calls us to join the suffering of others that idea that those who show empathy a mercy to others will experience some blessed of life those who demonstrate mercy to others will become the recipient of mercy. Empathy is a powerful tool to use forming and maintaining relationships we have always spirited times when we felt belittled were unheard by others to like an empathy naturally tends to make matters worse and calls us citizens ourselves from those who seem to understand our plight Henry David Thoreau commented on empathy kind of greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant empathy is the ability to walk in another's shoes and with the mains we joined in the inflections and carrying the burdens of others policy trusted in Rome as well 15 rejoice with those rejoice mourn with those who mourn this is empathy at work on empathy is the ability to enter into the emotions and circumstances experienced by others through empathy holes to a lifeline of hope. Empathy bonds us to others Daniel Gohl uncommon is the act of compassion begins with full attention just this report does you have to really see the person if you see that person then naturally empathy arises if you tune into the other person you feel with them you simply theorises And if that person is in dire need be empathetic concern can come you want to help them and that begins a compassionate act so I think that compassion begins with attention the Bible teaches that our willingness to show empathy and mercy to others influences how much of those qualities we were see the apostle James considered to value and virtues of Mercy James wrote speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom come to judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful mercy triumphs over judgment James 212213 Jane to indicate their willingness to be merciful people who have implication in life and in life to come. How merciful are we to stand on more than one occasion and even tired mercy rather than sacrifice seem to $127.00 move find it difficult to be critical and judgmental of others if we are experiencing true empathy for one thing we will be able to see our own faults and weaknesses their willingness to show mercy to others is an essential skill we should seek to develop as here that God will empower us to create if we ask.