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What should we prefer “Sympathy” or “Empathy”?

What should we prefer “Sympathy” or “Empathy”?
WE all are familiar with the word Sympathy, so today I will introduce you to Empathy.
Empathy is the ability to not only detect what others feel but also to experience that emotion yourself.
Empathy is an act of understanding the feelings of others, be it their pain, happiness, warmth, gratitude etc...It is said that no human being can ever be called a human unless he learns the fact of Empathy. It’s only a factor that reminds us who we are and our purpose of being here. It’s only animals who don’t feel the pain of other animals, only the human has such quality.
All of us are familiar with a story of a lame girl who couldn’t play with children of her age due to her broken leg but was always eager to play with them; her mother was very much concerned about her and was keenly empathized about her feelings. Once when she happens to go out at a pet shop with her daughter where the daughter finds many beautiful pets of the world, while watching them her eyes took her to a baby dog who was looking with a sad pale face, when she enquires about the sadness of that puppy her heart moved with a great pain when she knew that the puppy is lame and couldn’t walk/run like other puppies, she at once decided to adopt the pet, because she knew how it feels to be in such condition as she too had a broken leg. Had she wanted, she could have had a perfect puppy pet that can do all well but she chose the one with broken leg.
Remembering the moral of the story, which moved me to great extent that one should have the emotions to feel the pain of someone and must always be keenly ready to help all be it a friend or foe? The most beautiful people, known are those who are known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern, because they are the one who know how it feels to be failed, fought,sacrificing,losing the loved ones and top of all how it feels to be in pain.
                               
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