W?H?A?T?

Compassion : a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

Sympathy : the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another, esp. in sorrow or trouble

Empathy : the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another

I still can't figure out the distinct difference between sympathy and empathy.

Though I know how it is to feel compassion and have it course through you.

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You know there's a wall there...and you walk right into it.
You take a few steps back...and you walk right into it again.
Hoping against all odds that you might be able to walk through it.
Who knows? You could be the next David Copperfield and walk through walls.

What do you call this?
Dumbness? Persistence?

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My writings have mirrored my thoughts.

A year ago and my entries would have seemed more complete and less distracted.

Read it now and it just seems so...hmm...
Fragmented..
Disorganised..
Distracted..
Jumbled..
Mambo Jumbo..

Wonder if anyone noticed?

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Purpleskies...you only gave me a word "Paranoid" to describe me..
You still owe me 4 more words...
Been a month liaozz...

And really...I still cannot fathom why too...
Why my tongue knots itself automatically when it faces you.. haha...
Is there a force field you're emanating?

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Kinda unexpected..dear old Alan...who resigned a month ago...
Will be back at work tomorrow.

????
What happened?

Pay Raise? Huge counter-offer?
Hmm....

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It does feel sad...when someone drifts away from you..

That someone voices out that you aren't putting in effort..
But when you try...when you put in that little bit more of effort to make things happen...
Then now the other party doesn't reciprocate...
And you feel the frustration cos hey...I'm putting in the effort now and you're not.

So..what of it?
Do you carry on as usual?
Do you still try?
Do you feign indifference?

What do you do?
Especially when you have known this person for 13 long years...