I remember being on the phone with a friend for a couple of hours at a time trying to comfort her. As I hung up. I'd call another friend to help me with the stress I just went through consoling the first friend: empathy.
I also remember recently giving a friend a nice large cooking pot after remembering a random conversation of how she needed one: compassion.
I agree with you that compassion is so much more logical and less stressful.
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Yes, it is not that empathy can't be combined with compassion in some form it is just that compassion need not require it in order to act. A random conversation without tears is enough.
True but some like myself haven't learn moderation. Hehe