Quote:
Originally Posted by Lbien6
And why do I feel a bit better (comforted) when I perceive empathy even when I know I don't deserve it?
|
because i believe we all need validation of who we are. that is the "comfort" you feel...that many of us can be empathetic because we "see" who and what you are, even if you can't right now. 
__________________
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
|