The Powerful Word of the Month is Empathy! What a great way to start the New Year– thinking of others, not just ourselves. As we figure out our goals, our plans, and our ways to stay accountable to our New Year’s Resolutions, let’s think of how our actions and behaviors affect others. Can you imagine if everyone did this?
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Empathy Quotes:
“We should talk more about our empathy deficit — the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us…when you choose to broaden your ambit of concern and empathize with the plight of others, whether they are close friends or distant strangers — it becomes harder not to act; harder not to help.” –President Barack Obama
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” –Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird
“Love is saying ‘I feel differently,’ instead of ‘You’re wrong.’ –Anonymous
“We can take a walk anywhere on Earth and learn important things but no lesson is as eye-opening as the one we learn from taking a walk in someone else’s shoes.” –Dr. Robyn Silverman
“It’s the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else’s pain.” –Author of Regeneration, Pat Barker
“Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. ln those transparent moments we know other people’s joys and sorrows, and we care about their concerns as if they were our own.” –Fritz Williams, leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society
