Empathy

Etymology: Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathEs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion -- more at PATHOS

1 : the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
2 : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this


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I was told that I was incapable of empathy. The good thing is I still have consciousness. So there's still hope for the flowers. The implication of this though is likening me to being numb or dead. While I beg to differ, the above definition though speaks of the factor of "another" who determines or co-determines if one has empathy or not.

The above definition is courtesy of Merriam Webster dictionary. I hope you learned a new word, insight, or experience today.