Realizing Empathy | Blog

With care
and compassion,
I looked at my child
wanting to fix
what may be broke.

Maybe his trousers were unbuckled.
Maybe his socks weren’t up.
Maybe his hairs aren’t combed.

Having realized empathy,
I now appreciate
the fact
that all they saw
was my critical face.

“I’m afraid
my presentation
will fail.”
said the founder.

“What do you mean
‘fail?’”
I asked.

“It won’t impact
my employees.”
he responded.

“You’re assuming
that your employees
will even listen.”
I commented.

He laughed.

And that
was what he needed to hear
to release his anxiety
and express himself
instead of pandering to the audience

The moment we realize
what we made
came
through us
not
from us
may also be the moment
where we start to be
with
them
not
for tham.

If justice
wishes to judge
right
vs wrong.

Realizing empathy
yields
discoveries
or creations.

On that integrates,
even if momentarily,
right
and wrong.

We think
job creation
is about more open positions
with job descriptions:
something only employers
can do.

Anybody
can create a job
if they can understand the problem
someone needs solving.

If you’re an employee
and you don’t like your job
you could find a problem in your company
someone with the funds
want solved
you can volunteer to solve it
and make that your job

When we make
a decision,
that we do not like
the most common rationalization
is that we have
no choice.

The more honest answer may be
“Please don’t blame me.
It wasn’t my fault.”

May we separate being at fault
or fearing blame
with not having a choice.
Or at least thinking there is no other choice.
There are choices,
we simply choose not to choose them
or we choose not to learn them.
But it’s ok.
Be honest.
It’s not your fault.