Don't Waste your empathy

Not long ago, I was binging one of my favourite series on Netflix and came to the realization that I cared about one of the characters, so much so that I feel sick seeing what was unfolding. And then I realized, why do I care about this? 

In this hyper-connected society, we struggle to connect on an emotional level. We prefer staying home and empathize for a fictional character instead of gettings to know our neighbours.

Empathy is a muscle, and you need a bit of weight to train it. With the rise of the AI, machine learning etc... We gonna need those soft skills to stay relevant. Empathy is a great gift to give and can do miracles on the people around us.

Empathy is a great gift to give and can do miracles on the people around us.

A kind word, offering your help just for the satisfaction of making a difference in the day of someone as a healing effect.

The reason I was caring about this character is that we are all hardwired to care for our fellow humans. It's so easy to get caught on the quick fix of television. But this doesn't lead to fulfilling our true potential. 

Look around, engage with people, help someone in the street. See how good it make you feel. Let's all be "practitioner of empathy." This world is tremendously lacking such quality, please don't waste it on your TV.