What’s empathy? Lay yourself down. Lay your assumptions and judgments down. Hear, understand, and appreciate others. Put yourself in their shoes and feel what they feel.
TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE AUTHOR CHEN XINGJIA
Remember the roads we’ve taken and the times when we felt sympathy for others, cried for justice, and yearned for respect. This is the foundation that’s deeply rooted in the common meaning of human life in the world. With this foundation in heart, even after feeling lost, being tempted, going through failures and ridicules in our life, we won’t easily forget that foundation, our bottom line, empathy.
Original Chinese from CHEN Xingjia
中文原文出自陈行甲的《在峡江的转弯处》
我们不应该忘记自己走过的路、同情过的人、呼唤过的正义、渴求过的尊重，是这些东西构成了我们深植于生活世界的共通意义的根基。是这根基，让我们即便在日后形形色色的世界里体会了失落，品尝了诱惑，经历了幻灭，领受了嘲讽，也不会轻易洗去自己那层名叫“共情”的底色。
