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- Empathy is to be able to understand others’ feelings and emotions.
- As the phrase goes, it is to put ourselves “in one’s shoes”.
- Sympathy and empathy are two terms that are often confused with each other.
- It is to be understood that sympathy is different from empathy.
- While sympathy means to share a person’s emotions, empathy is to understand them.
- Rather than being a sympathetic person, one must always try to be empathetic.
- With empathy, one is able to recognise that everyone has their own problems and is struggling with the same.
- Without empathy, it would practically be impossible for human beings to coexist peacefully.
- That being said, one need not fear when they do not naturally empathise with others.
- It is only a learned trait and can be inculcated in any age.