Empathy can overwhelm and defeat us as teachers.  Teachers, along with nurses, are right there on the front lines of caring for others.  We drain our own resources trying to meet the emotional needs of our students.  

Compassion allows us to see the emotions of others, and then try to jump in to fix it, or alleviate some of the suffering.  Compassion is action based. Doing for others, giving to others, creates positive emotions in the giver.  Remember the movie Pay It Forward? It seemed to spark customers at Starbucks and other places to pay for the customer behind them. 

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