How do we recognize genuine heart felt compassion, versus the Ego wanting to engage in drama?

Empathy is a trait we all like to think we have. But is our benevolence pure and honest, and how can we tell when it is and when it isn’t!

Life allows us opportunities to face all kinds of situations, some of them we would consider sticky and others not so much.

Now and again when a sticky circumstance of events arises we might hear ourself saying, ‘I’m damned if I do, and I’m damned if I don’t with this one’.

Confusing as it may be, whatever it is we are facing, we do our best to act appropriately to the situation at hand.

Not always do we do the right thing, but we made a choice that was right at the time and we shouldn’t have to argue that fact.

At least once in your life you will come face to face with a circumstance that will forcefully pull at your heart strings.

This you will find will be a situation that is meant to test you in a very big way, and perhaps allow you to discover something about yourself that you hadn’t much paid attention to before.

Compassion has many adjectives, for example sympathetic pity, concern, kindness and humanity, and there is the word tolerance and even though it might not seem to fit it is still considered compassionate.

No one likes to see another person suffer physically because of an ailment or disease, none of us like to see anyone suffer emotionally either.

We might empathize with either scenario, which feels natural as we have all had our hearts broken and most of us have broken a bone or two for one reason or another as well.

The thing about being a witness to someones sorrow when they are hurting inside, is knowing when to get involved and when not to.

Resisting the urge to intervene is one of those sticky situations. You yourself may understand what the problems are, and you may have a hundred different resolves for that person to help them, but what if the one that is suffering doesn’t have a clue, they are unconsciously aware?

Do you jump in with both feet regardless, and if you do would this be your Ego marching in? Or do you decide to empathize without invading?

Every situation is different and deserves a compassionate outcome, just be careful when you think you should get involved, maybe ask yourself again if you really should.

Do you really and truly care or is it the drama you are attracted to!

Namaste
Annanda