EMPATHY &

COMPASSION

Vinithra Radhakrishnan
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 EMPATHY &
COMPASSION….KINDNESS,CARING,HELPFULNESS

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Once upon a time a young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish

had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would

pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement. She had

been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are

you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to

make a difference!”The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments,

she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean.

Then she looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference for that one!”The

old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done. Inspired, by

the little girl, he joined her in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and

all the starfish were saved.

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LET’S DISCUSS

 What ‘s the story all about?

 who is the main character ?

 What is she demonstrating?

 In what way she inspires you?

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LETS SUMMARIZE

 Empathy -awareness of the feelings and emotions of other people

 Understand the situation,

 trying to stand in other’s situation.

 Compassion takes sympathy and empathy a step further.

 first recognize that the person ‘feeling(i.e., sympathy),

 Understand their feeling (i.e., empathy), then

 Do the best to help them.

ACTIVITY- ROLE PLAY/DISCUSSION
You are at a grocery store in a mall with
your mom and done with your
shopping, rushing towards the counter
to pay the bill and leave the place
soon, since it is a week-end evening.
Now, while moving towards the counter,
you find an old man almost dropped
everything i.e whatever he has
shopped all these time and standing
help less, since he is unable to pick
one by one from the ground, And also
your mom is calling out your name
with her highest tone possible
believing that she lost you somewhere
in the middle.
What will you do now?
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WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT?

 Understand others' feelings  Responsible and helpful in a

 motivates to help community

 a positive impact in others'  Positive and happy

lives…Happiness environment

 Helps us connect with others  Peace and harmony.

 mend relationships

 Feeling valued
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 Reflection…………
THANK YOU

Vinithra Radhakrishnan