We often talk about empathy as an emotional virtue, but it’s also an
imaginative art.
Before I can empathize with you, you have to become
real to me.
I have to listen to you, I have to tell myself your story.
I
have to imagine what it is like to be you with your illness or your
situation or your aspirations or whatever it is.
If you don’t have
empathy, other people might not exist for you.
