"We need empathy
to give empathy."
- Marshall B.Rosenberg, Founder of NVC Process
"If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off the board. You're into the future.
Empathy requires staying with the energy that's here right now. Not using any technique. Just being present.
When I have really connected to this energy, it's like I wasn't there. I call this "watching the magic show". In this presence, a very precious energy works through us that can heal anything, and this relieves me from my "fix-it" tendencies."
~ Marshall B. Rosenberg, founder of the Nonviolent Communication process