… the one who showed Mercy
May 11, 2015 1 Comment
Sometimes I refused to care.
Part of me sometimes sees adversity as a part of life and each one should figure out what to do when an adversity comes. Many times in my life I end up being placed in a situation that requires my help. Many times I wondered if I responded with mercy and care. Lately, I came across the comparison/explanation between empathy and sympathy, here’s the clear explanation.
4 Qualities of Empathy
1. Perspective taking-the ability to take the perspective of another person
2. Staying out judgment-non-judgmental
3. Recognizing emotion-ability to recognize/acknowledge the emotion of the other person
4. Communicating emotion-ability to reciprocate the emotion
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Empathy [feels connection] |
Sympathy [drives disconnection] |
| Empathy is a choice | Sympathy is just a response |
| “I’m feeling with you” | “I see you suffering” |
| “I know what its like” | “Oh, its bad huh, do you need anything?” |
| “I don’t know what to say” | At least you still have …. |
| “I’ve been there, I feel for you” | “I’ve been there, let me know how you survive” |
| “Tell me more” | “Really!, I got to go. Update me with your progress” |
| “I’m here with you all the way” | “Please let me know if you need anything” |
I found a good “empathy” example in the Bible – “The one who showed mercy”
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” 29But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35And the next day he took out two denari and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
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