Decemblog! 13/31 – Empathy

I think if I have any strength in this world, it’s that I am a really empathetic person. To most people this means that I am overemotional, but they usually fail to understand what impact empathy can have on a person. My empathy is why I write poetry, it’s how I can read Max like a book, it’s why I can feel the tension in a room and how I know what present is perfect for someone. I have always been interested in perspective, and even more than that, breaking through perspective.

I can attribute most of these feelings to a book I read in the fourth grade. It was called Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. I remember it was one of my favorite books, and one of the main themes of the story was empathy as a source for understanding. I think I built a lot of who I am on that book, actually.

Anyway, I recommend it, if you need a quick winter read. It’s simple (again, I read it in grade four) but it’s a great story (and it won a Newbery!)

…someone just threw a snowball in my window. Why do jerks have to ruin such quiet nights as these?