Empathy goes a little further in that when you have empathy for another's situation you have a level of understanding, as if you feel with the other person, perhaps because you've experienced a similar situation.
Having empathy for yourself can mean you don't beat yourself up over mistakes you've made: I did X, it was not the best choice, I will learn from this. I will check my feelings to learn why I chose x and the next time I will try not to act our of my feelings. Now I will move on and leave this in the past
The things that other people do that set us off the most are usually things we don't like within ourselves. So the first step in being able to have empathy for others is to have empathy for ourselves, just as the first step in forgiving others is forgiving ourselves.
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Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss
