When people hear needs, it provokes compassion.

Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because of a choice I've made.

We give empathy to others for our own benefit.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need.

Natural Giving: Anything we do in life which is not out of that energy, we pay for and everybody else pays for. Anything we do to avoid punishment, everybody pays for. Everything we do for a reward, everybody pays for. Everything we do to make people like us, everybody pays for. Everything we do out of guilt, shame, duty, or obligation, everybody pays for.

Empathy: Emptying our mind and listening with our whole being