In this society where it seems that if you are not with me, you are against me, it is important to value people for their treatment stead of their beliefs. Ultimately, a belief is a state of mind in which we believe that the knowledge or experience we have of an event or object is true.
Beliefs describe people’s educational and cultural content, but the way others are treated shows something more personal, the capacity for empathy. The way we treat others says a lot about ourselves.
- Empathy is the ability to perceive what the other person can feel by putting the right conditions and adopting their priority scale.
- It can be divided into emotional and cognitive.
- Emotional empathy is the ability to respond with a feeling appropriate to each other’s mental states; In turn.
- Cognitive empathy is the ability to understand the other person’s point of view or mental state.
Empathetic people make others feel emotionally understood, heard, and welcomed. From this psychological point of view, in the emotional bonds we form, our relationship with others is more decisive than the beliefs we have.
“Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man cannot be considered better or worse by his belief. -Percy Bysshe Shelley-
All the information we receive and the way we organize the world goes through our perceptual filter. Our interpretation of the reality around us is the result of our background in the form of expectations, emotions, needs, values.
The perception of others is the process by which we seek to know and understand others, refers to how we perceive others, and follows the same principles as our perception of ourselves. The concept of me is intimately linked to the perception of others, because in a way we learn more about who we are through our perception of the reaction of others.
We need to categorize others into diagrams or groups, as a guide in order to orient ourselves, this assessment has to do with the evolution of our species and is an adaptive resource, we need to have an impression on others in order to adapt our own reaction We need information to evaluate whether we should be close, get as far away as possible or show indifference.
“The most precious gift we can give to others is our presence. When our attention embraces those we love, they bloom like flowers. -Thich Nhat Hanh-
Surround yourself with people who make your life easier. People with a pleasant treatment and who make us feel appreciated share a number of characteristics: they are affable, noble, supportive, respectful and enjoy listening to others, quite the opposite do people who do not respect our way of life, our decisions and the way we see the world.
Think about it: is it better to be surrounded by proud and arrogant people who think like us or loving, loving people who care for us, even if they don’t share many of our beliefs?
Everyone will have their opinion, but it is proven that being surrounded by empathetic people helps us to face our day to day with more optimism, because having them is in itself a great reason for that optimism. Let us not forget that a belief is a way of interpreting reality, but it is not the only one, there are many advantages of being surrounded by people by the way they relate and appreciate others, and not only by their beliefs, in addition to enriching ourselves with other cultures and opinions.
When every day is the same, it is because man has not noticed the good things he has kept in his life.