There are so many sad things happening around us, George Floyd was killed for being black, Pregnant elephant was fed explosives, Migrant workers walked hundreds of kilo meters to reach home during lock down. It made us all very sad. We have empathy, we feel bad for others , we want to help.
In such situations One thing I want to remember - I will not let myself feel more sad, more depressed, more angry than the people actually going thru that. I will not make this about me - about how sad this has made "me" feel. This shouldn't stop me from taking action or doing something about it.
I dont know, the point I am trying to make is subtle, May be I suspect that this is some kind of indulgence?
Do we somethings use this empathy to feel good about ourselves, as an ego boost, to make us feel like ah I am a kind person, I am good person?
When the migrants walked 100s of kilometers. It seemed heart wrenching to me but they were smiling and walking. Is my wallowing in sadness about this, kind of self indulgent? or Not? I dont know.
Is calling this pain self indulgent and refusing to engage my coping mechanism ? I dont know.
I was hurt a small cut but bleeding, one girl who saw that felt so bad for it. Silly girl I thought, but then someone told me they ripped their toe nail ( yeah I didnt even see it happen) and Oh my god! the feeling is no less than nails on the black board, I felt this shudder go thru me. So empathy and feeling pain imagining others in natural to a social animal like us.
I was hurt a small cut but bleeding, one girl who saw that felt so bad for it. Silly girl I thought, but then someone told me they ripped their toe nail ( yeah I didnt even see it happen) and Oh my god! the feeling is no less than nails on the black board, I felt this shudder go thru me. So empathy and feeling pain imagining others in natural to a social animal like us.
But ... I will not let myself feel worse than u. ( I feel this is somehow respectful of your suffering )
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