Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Empathy or Sympathy
The Week of the Empath - The Curse of the Empath - The Cure of the Empath
Why feel everything? I think I can't help it.... Some say I'm lucky or clever to be able to do it and feel special to think that I can feel what they are feeling but I really think it might just be rude, an intrusion. Do I need to feel? Why? What is it distracting me from? I reflect so well, maybe I'm a mirror. How do I care for my sad loved ones and feel what each of them feels at the same time? How do I know I'm not tainting their feelings with my own impulses - if I felt that way myself I would run away, should I give that advice? Are the people I'm dealing with even capable of happiness? Do they know what happiness is? Would there be any point in them running away if they were merely going to run into the same mess again? Ah, maybe that's the trick, pretend I don't understand... me no speaka da engrishh
The Week of the Empath - The Curse of the Empath - The Cure of the Empath
Why feel everything? I think I can't help it.... Some say I'm lucky or clever to be able to do it and feel special to think that I can feel what they are feeling but I really think it might just be rude, an intrusion. Do I need to feel? Why? What is it distracting me from? I reflect so well, maybe I'm a mirror. How do I care for my sad loved ones and feel what each of them feels at the same time? How do I know I'm not tainting their feelings with my own impulses - if I felt that way myself I would run away, should I give that advice? Are the people I'm dealing with even capable of happiness? Do they know what happiness is? Would there be any point in them running away if they were merely going to run into the same mess again? Ah, maybe that's the trick, pretend I don't understand... me no speaka da engrishh
// posted by Beagle @ 8:30 am 
