Today's insight journey led me to the idea that it's better to choose empathy over sympathy. The dictionary defines "sympathy" as "the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another, especially in sorrow or trouble." And it defines "empathy" as "the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of …
Today’s Gem of Insight #27
Today's insight journey led me to the idea that it's okay to eat dessert first. Sometimes we find ourselves becoming so used to doing things a certain way and in a specific order that when we are presented with the opportunity to do the same tasks a different way we feel guilty about switching things …
Today’s Gem of Insight #26
Today's insight journey led me to the idea that ignorance really is not bliss. The truth of that phrase is most noticeable when we have either missed or ignored warning signs that something is not right and ultimately find ourselves dealing with the resulting negativity that threatens to consume us. There is so much in …
Today’s Gem of Insight #25
Today's insight journey led me to the idea that sometimes we need to do things even though we are afraid. Unfortunately, fear is something that we will all experience in life at some point or another. It is one of those aspects of life that is a given. But just because fear is something that …
