Empathy: Looking beyond the surface

Empathy, a curious perspective - a look into the experience of oneself or another. As humans, we all have this ability. The challenge is that although our desire is there, we may not have the ability to empathize especially when we're upset, angry, pissed off. Yet, we can still reach down and get to that empathic place of being curious about someone's experience.

Why did someone say what they said? Why did they do what they did? An earnest attempt to ask these questions. The quality of the energy behind our questions will result in the quality of our answers. If we want to look for "stupid" reasons behind someone's actions, we'll get "stupid" answers. If we look for human reasons, like sometimes maybe people are in pain, they're desperate, they act out of their need for being seen or wanting consideration, we'll get answers that help us understand the humanity of people's behavior. Big stuff.