Importance of practicing empathy in life

Our Indian philosophy is very rich in terms of the deep knowledge that it provides. It talks about the “Advaita” which means to identify and understand the self-worth with the ground reality of life. Even though it talks about Advaita that is self-worth but it gladly offers us the importance of practicing empathy in life.  We Indians are strong followers of empathy.

   

What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? Sympathy is something which we show to another person when he or she is going through any difficult situation. It is the way to make that person understand that he or she is not alone and we all are there for him or her and feel bad for his or her situation.

  

But empathy is totally a different thing and we should know what it is exactly before practicing it in life. Empathy is to feel, to understand and to know the situation of another person by stepping into their shoes.  Empathy is truly an amazing ability to understand the feelings of another person.

Do you know that there are three kinds of empathy in Psychology? So, when we talk about empathy we actually talk about three things at the same time.

1. Cognitive empathy

2. Social empathy

3. Empathetic concern

These three areas are really important and each one of them has something to offer to a sensitive mind.

   

Empathy has the power to heal another person’s wound. Empathy is a tender way to deal with the people who are at their worse stage of life. When you try this therapy, you would realize that you are working as a healer for that person. It is very soothing feeling to know that you are the source of healing for someone. For this, you don’t need to have money or asset, you just have to have a caring heart and pure soul, which everyone has and just needs to improve this ability by allowing themselves to be genuine in life. After all, the one who can heal the world has the power to change it.

Impediment to the action advances action

                                         

Many a times we hear that ups and downs are part of professional as well as personal life. Even if the ECG is in a straight line then you are dead. All these things are true and have been attracting many people since many years. But what attracted the most successful people is Stoic Philosophy.  It is the Philosophy which was coined or founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3^rd Century. There are a lot of things which can be achieved by following this Philosophy. Today we will talk about the first terminology of this Philosophy and that says, “Impediment to the action advances action.”

      In the journey of our professional life, we face many twists and turns. Many of us quit, while many of us fight in such situations. But if you concentrate on minute things, you will realize that whichever twists and turns have arose while achieving something, you have always tried a lot to find a way out. Even if you quit, you tried a whole lot of things before quitting. Those impediments in the way of your career have taught you actually how to act rather we can say; these impediments initiated another action which led you to the point of success, where you are today.

    Many a times you must have felt like everything has stopped working, the world around you has just stopped moving and you have nothing left in your hands. You must have felt sometime in your life that everything was wonderful yesterday and today everything has just changed a lot. That time just take a deep breath and make yourself understand that this is the warm up session for next big achievement in your life.

   When something goes wrong believe that, this situation is going to benefit you in a long run. The moment of impediments teaches you many things like, patience, focus and determination. When you have trust in the efforts you are taking, nothing can stop you. When you feed your subconscious mind with such optimism, what stands in your way becomes the way. You just have to keep moving forward, though you are moving slowly. Your speed doesn’t matter, but the action does! Have the determination of achieving goals in life. Start your journey towards success slowly but surely!