Empathy revisited

Empathy requires both understanding and caring, where the ‘and’ is used in the boolean sense.

Empathy can be applied to the big issues (macro empathy) or on daily stuff (micro empathy) which is rarer.

Empathy can be a finite resource (most people) or food for growth (a few people).

Those few people that are true empaths see empathy as food for growth and can practice micro empathy on anyone and at any time.

They are generally sucked up, used until exhausted and then spat out.

The rest of us drift in and out of empathy and sympathy, preserving our core goodwill for our precious selves.