The Empath Soul

The empath soul feel's a mother to fatherless children weep and he wants to fill the void by being the loving husband and father.

The empath soul feel's a homeless man sleeping on a park bench and he wants to give him a warm bed and safe home to sleep in.

The empath soul feels the pain of a starving person in a third world country and wants to bring them to the "advanced world" to give them a choice of food beyond their wildest imaginations.

The empath soul feels a little boys pain who has been molested by a sick parent and wants to be a loving and healthy parent for that boy.

The empath soul feels a girl in her late 20s that has difficulty with intimacy because she has been raped and physically abused 10 years prior and he wants to make love to her to let her know that it isn't meant to be that way.

The empath soul feels the pain of a 70 year old who looks back on their life with regret realizing that death is near while they confess to the things they wish they would've done and he assures them it isn't too late, they're not dead yet!

The empath soul feels the soldiers pain and fear as he leaves everything he loves to risk his life and the life of his "enemy" for a cause he finds worthy. The empath wants to take the guns of both him and his "enemy" and show them that they're not so different.

The empath soul feels the remorse of the man who just killed someone else in a fit of rage, while he doesn't have the power to bring anyone back he wishes he could take this persons rage and transform it.

The empath soul feels the spiritual disconnection and avarice in the heart of greedy people who have given over to the dark side and he wants to take their external power and materials and dispose of them so they can experience the humbling required to let the light shine in.

The empath soul feels the highest pleasures and pains of all the people in the world. The financially wealthy whose soul cries out for more love and less possessions. The obese person that wishes they could stop over eating. The poor person that wishes they had something to eat. The anorexic person that is afraid to eat. The alcoholic that wishes they could stop drinking. The drug addict that can't seem to kick their habit. The boy or girl that don't believe they are beautiful or good enough. The man or woman that don't believe they are beautiful or good enough. The father who has lost a child. The child who has lost a mother. The suicidal person who can't seem to find a reason to go on. The homicidal person who can't seem to find a reason to let someone else go on. The person who fears God and blindly believes without question. The person who doesn't believe in God because they're too afraid to let go of control. The narcissist that cannot allow themselves to be vulnerable.

The empath soul feels everyone. The empath soul is aware that suffering is needed for growth but feels it none the less. He tunes out his empathy whenever he can just to keep his sanity and energy aligned.

The empath soul feels for everyone including himself and while he wishes blessings and love for everyone he realizes that isn't the reality. At the end of the day, he looks at himself in the mirror and against his own desires forces himself to accept that he cannot save the world nor can he really change it, but at the same time he realizes there's nothing more important and inevitable than change.

He looks into his own eyes, takes a deep breath and exhales. With the exhale and his eyes locked on themselves in the mirror he realizes the truth. He may or may not be able to help all these people he feels and he knows some he will be able to help and others he won't. He then realizes that if he doesn't have empathy for the soul that stares back at him in the mirror he wont ever be able to be the healing powers of love.

So, he sheds a tear and takes another deep breath, realizing that he will have to tune out the needs of the world so he can see what it is HE needs. He listens to his empathetic heart and with his mind he contemplates and this is what he feels empathy tell his soul..

"You may be wondering why I have come to you and made you FEEL my power."

The man replies "YES! Sometimes its wonderful and other times its pure pain I can hardly stand it!!! Please TELL ME!" the man objectively listens with a bit of excitement and fear as to what the response will be.

Empathy then responds by giving him something that only his heart can know and decide, but also something that his mind can calculate and entertain after his heart has made its decision. "We are all here to find ourselves in each other, it doesn't matter if it is human, animal or plant life and while pain is inevitable and the world is far from perfect it is only love, compassion, truth, understanding and forgiveness that will dissolve hate, resentment, deception, judgement and being unforgiven. Without empathy you cannot FEEL any of the positive emotions to combat the negative ones. I am a tool and you'll just have to learn how to finely tune me and put me to work efficiently. I can be your best friend or worst enemy, the choice is yours."

The empath soul feels the energy of empathy towards himself to have a better understanding and then makes a bold statement. "But I'm scared! What if all I can ever do is keep feeling people's pain and not be able to help them heal?"

"You can only help them to the extent that they want help but you must want it for yourself first. Even a day as an empath soul who can't quite seem to find balance is better than a lifetime of being numb, without feeling life would be meaningless." Empathy replied.

"Better to live one day as a lion than a lifetime as a sheep?..I think I get it now. Find what it is in me that makes me feel so deeply in relation to others pleasures and pains and therein lies the answer to my purpose?" the man inquires.

"You've already discovered it, you just haven't fully owned it yet. You're a healer, a teacher, a friend..you're the loving husband and father of the single mother with a child, you're the wealthy man with the mansion who helps give the homeless a warm and safe place to sleep, you're the lover who brings intimacy by making love to the woman who has been raped, you're the person who is there to tell the elderly it isn't too late to live! You're ALL of these things and ALL of these people whenever you need to be. You feel empathically at a heightened level not only so you can help heal everyone else but also so YOU can heal YOURSELF!" Empathy stated boldly.

"Stop looking and start seeing. The power is within me. Do what makes me come to life and be the inspiration for those around me. I believe I've got it! Now, I just need some courage and strength to rise again to the occasion!" the man suggested.

"I am empathy not courage and strength so therefore I can only offer what I am, but I'll give you a hint on how to find them. You'll have to look in a special place..a very powerful place where I also come from, a place that holds such a power it is the only place where everything starts and everything ends."

The man continues to face empathy in his own reflection with a sense of suspense and stars in his eyes, eagerly awaiting empathies response: "Where must I look?? Where is this hidden power???"

"You. Everything you need lies within you."

I am the empath soul.

-Zachary Hill (C) 2012