Pity and compassion

Pity and compassion: 34 Stoic exercises and cases on sorting what is yours from what is not.

Cases in this topic

Propositions in this topic

• FalseTrue sympathy means suffering along with those who have it hard.
• FalseWhoever does not visibly suffer along is cold.
• FalseYou help someone most by taking over his grief entirely.
• FalseIf you care enough about someone, you are responsible for his happiness.
• TrueSetting limits on what you carry is the condition for being able to keep giving.
• FalseNot carrying another's suffering means it does not touch you.
• TrueYou can draw strangers closer to you step by step.
• TrueSometimes asking the question is worth more than giving the solution.

Situations in this topic

• Not yoursA friend is deep in a pit and you feel it pulling you in.
• YoursWhether you help from calm or dive into the pit along with him.
• Not yoursSomeone you support will not accept the help.
• YoursWhether you set a limit when it becomes too much for you.
• BothYou want to save someone who is hurting himself.
• Not yoursA colleague is going through a divorce and his head is elsewhere.
• YoursWhether you ask how someone is really doing, or keep it at the surface.
• YoursWhether you actively include the new colleague or let him find his own way.