Can You Feel Compassion for Her?

When people take the time to notice others, to really sit with where the other person is at, then remarkable outcomes can happen.  To simple sit with someone and empathise with how they feel can change the world.  I’ve titled this ‘her’ as I am a she and women often feel very alone with their emotions.  It is not that men do not feel but many ignore their own emotions therefore they can’t feel the other.  This can be the very behaviour that ends relationships, marriages, breaks up families or renders a partner despairing and deeply alone. 

What if we reach out to the other in compassion?  Say the words that need to be said.  Make peace then make love.  That is how love acts or Love in Action. Love never spins and gets nowhere.

At the end of our lives we will not be thinking of career, we will be thinking of those we love.  Be love then allow love to show you what to do and say.

Empathy

To feel empathy for another,
Is to stand in her shoes,
To not compare but be fair,
To help her find her feet,
For she may have fallen,
And it need not be an injury,
Just embarrassment when quick,
But if she is really hurting,
It is then when she needs a real friend,
For to stand alone leaves one in despair.

Misunderstandings need to be repaired,
For if you were to walk in her shoes,
You would understand where she has come from,
You see the territory has been unforgiving,
Stuck between a rock and a hard place,
For to be soft was never seen as strong,
perhaps then you may not be so sure she is wrong,
For you can feel her genuine compassion,
You will cry with her at night,
You may hold her tight as she is seeking comfort,
For she is trying to do what is right and good and kind,
In a world that walks the other way,
in silence.