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Empathy vs. Sympathy

A smart note about empathy

Author’s photo of own note

Empathy comes from the Greek word, empatheia, or “into feeling” (Jamison, 2014, p.36). To be empathetic doesn’t mean just feeling sorry for someone. True empathy is about entering into a person’s pain, like entering another room or another country. True empathy requires movement … not just action. You might feel sorry for someone. You might send money…