Empathy: "I put myself in other people's shoes".

Empathy is the ability to understand the circumstances that affect other people, it is an effective participation in an alien reality.

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How did I learn to be empathetic?

Personal experience: I remember when I was little my mother taught me to share with my siblings, and also to share with my schoolmates. She said you cannot be selfish or bad, you have to collaborate with others, I can say that my mother did not have a basic level of primary school, much less a university degree, she had good principles that she taught us daily, I remember that she sat us 7 brothers in a circle and talked to us about the bad and good things, she gave us examples and comparisons, at times I felt like I had part of my school at home, since part of my teaching took place half day at my school, and half day at home. And on a daily basis my mother would impart this teaching with a very knowledgeable traditional or colloquial vocabulary.

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I know that each person may have their own conception of empathy, I respect the position of each person, I just wanted to tell you the way I learned the value of empathy since I was a child.

Characteristic traits of empathic people
The website (https://psicologiaymente.com/) gives us some characteristic traits of empathic people.

1. They are more sensitive than other people.
   "Empathetic individuals are detached, open to new experiences, kind and good 'listeners'. They are attentive people and know how to transmit these good feelings when communicating with others."

2. Empaths "absorb" the emotions of others.
   "People with high empathy are influenced by other people's emotions and moods. For better or worse."

3. They are good people, even to the detriment of their own well-being.

"Empathic individuals are good people: they have a big heart and sincerely care about others. They feel bad when they see someone suffering on the street, and can't help but care for them to try to mitigate their pain."

Am I empathetic?
Today I consider myself an empathetic person, I am very easily absorbed by other people's emotions, when I see in the streets the amount of children or people in great need, I wish I had economic resources to be able to help them, although I know that I can also help by listening to people and motivating them to move forward, whatever the situation presented.

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Unfortunately there are people who lack affectivity that can see the reality of another person or the need and are not able to help, this type of person everything that generates economically is for them and only them.

In this website (https://www.diariofemenino.com/) gives us a nice phrase about empathy.
"Empathy is putting yourself in someone else's shoes to find out what exactly that person is feeling."
Deepa Kodikal
There we have our official definition of empathy.

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Reflection:
Being empathetic is a feeling, born in some people, not everyone has the privilege of feeling emotions that allow them to meet the needs of another person.

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