Empathy

It's been a tough year as I've mentioned in frequent years, but one thing I happy to report is that my empathy skills have been improving. For the first time, I've been trying extremely hard to step out of my shoes in another's and feel what they're feeling on the inside. To not get defensive or go on the attack when faced with hearing a complaint from another person but to better understand how I've let them down or how they react to my actions. It has proven inciteful and I hope to not lose this skill but garner it with protection and keep it flowing through my social interactions for the rest of my life. For me it's as if for the first time I'm stopping to actually listen to the other person before interrupting with my input. I've let a lot of people down this year and most of all those close to me. I hope that with the grace I've been given I can prove I can be a better man.