The world feels like it’s on fire. Or at least that’s how it feels to me. I’ve been struggling to be ‘on’ recently and a friend of mine asked me if I’m sad. I think about my life and there isn’t honestly much to be sad about. That’s not to gloat at all. But more and more I’m convinced that I’m actually an empath. That is, I feel deeply and possibly more of the emotions of others around me. Crazily, if I even hear a story of someone who is sad I am sad with them as well. Of course to varying degrees and with some level of compartmentalization. But still, it feels like I’ve been hearing about so much sadness and despair lately that it’s been weighing me down. But then again, I don’t feel like anyone has to be an empath to feel this way. All you have to do is feel. And call it stupidly naive but I think if we just looked out for one another a little bit more then we could really start to heal the world and I guess in all this that’s what I’m trying to get out. If you’re feeling some kind of way, then just know you’re not alone.
