Since my earliest childhood, I have known that others do not feel as I do. At least most didn’t. I didn’t consider myself an empath. I didn’t consider myself anything. I saw the world as cold and lacking. I was at the center. No persona. I just was. “Kindness is empathy in action”? This is the type of rhetoric creating confusion. Misinterpreting results of empathy are often due to a desire to get others to do what you want them to do. This is not what empathy is about and defined by. “Kindness” is an action, but a relative one. Kindness and politeness also lack sincerity a lot of the time. Be careful not to mix those. Another thing: “How … Continue reading What is empathy?