JEYASHREE Y
I CSE 2
Back then, we sat with a group of friends whom we almost didn’t meet for years, that meeting was a laughter riot and a reminiscence of all our fun banters we made together. When we were small, there were many places where we felt bad for others, and even imagining ourselves going through their pain was unbearable. As we all grew up, everyone started worrying about their own future and didn’t care about others at all;” the word empathy just flew away” somewhere along the way. These days, people don’t even know what empathy truly means……
Have you ever thought about losing someone close to your heart,the person you love the most? Being an overthinker, how can I not think about it? I often do, I think about scenarios that wouldn’t ever happen, and start worrying about the people I care for. I’m not sure why I do it, but maybe it’s because that’s my way of caring for people I love.
After growing up, even when we meet, we were just scrolling our phones instead of talking. Sometimes, I really wonder where we all got lost? Nowadays, when a message pops up about a friend’s bad day, we just send a quick heart emoji, then keep scrolling. People just forgot what actual connection means….. We just live in a world where “Emojis and stickers have become our way of expressiveness, texts become easier than calls, online meetings are preferred over offline.” There is a lack of real emotional engagement. “When did we learn to feel through phone and call it closeness? You post your pain, with a caption of cry I tap and type ‘stay strong <3’, And scroll, Somewhere, empathy sighs- still waiting for a real voice…..” Empathy hasn’t disappeared; it’s just buried beneath notifications, quick replies, and phone screens. Maybe it’s time to look up, listen again, and feel not through glass, but through the actual warmth of the person.
