There is a fine line between being a sympathetic person and being an empathetic person. For me, someone who exemplifies sympathy will listen to what you have to say, you’ll always have the feeling that their mind may be elsewhere. When you ask a clarifying question, their answer often indicates a very base level understanding of what you told them. For someone to be empathetic, they need to dig deep inside themselves and call upon an experience where they felt the emotion you are presently conveying to them, and channel the energy to give you exactly what you need. This is not something that can be learned, it is a concept that either people have, or simply cannot comprehend. While I pride myself on being a very empathetic person, I recognize the energy consumption that it takes to truly be there for someone, and why this may push some people to simply sympathize.
Now that you’re probably overanalyzing your relationships, here’s what you missed in the news.
Mueller, What’s The Update?
For what seems like ages now, special counsel Robert Mueller has spent every drop of time in his day to investigate President Trump and the possibility that he colluded with Russia to help him secure the presidency during the 2016 presidential election. Over the weekend, legendary journalist Carl Bernstein informed the press that he was given the word that Mueller’s report, once released, will indicate that President Trump helped Russia destabilize the United States.
“This is about the most serious counter-intelligence people we have in the U.S. government saying, ‘oh, my God, the president’s words and actions lead us to conclude that somehow he has become a witting, unwitting, or half-witting pawn, certainly in some regard, to Vladimir Putin. From a point of view of strength…rather, he has done what appears to be Putin’s goals. He has helped Putin destabilize the United States and interfere in the election, no matter whether it was purposeful or not…and that is part of what the draft of Mueller’s report is to be about…”
–Carl Bernstein
A Serious Problem
Drug addiction is anything but comical, and when a person uses an excessive amount of any substance, it can be fatal. I bring this up, not because I don’t believe this isn’t common knowledge, but because of the overdose epidemic facing the United States. According to reports, on Sunday, one person died and four are in critical condition after a mass drug overdose in Chico, California.
“Upon arrival, Chico police officers found multiple individuals in what appeared to be life-threatening, overdose conditions. Officers began to both administer CPR and also naloxone to those individuals. Every indicatation is that this mass overdose was caused from the ingestion of some form of fentanyl in combination with another substance. That is yet to be confirmed, but we do anticipate confirmation in the coming days.”
–Chico Police Chief Michael O’Brien
