Midnight

Just my melancholic, cheesey, and mostly wacky thoughts. More importantly, what my set of witty, overly opinionated friends think about them.

Name: JA

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Friday, June 24, 2005

End of Week Reflection: Hating Empathy

Do you have one of those episodes where you know something is not right with the way a person is acting towards you? Like he harbors ill-feelings for you but he is trying to hide it, but those small moments of truth tell you that there is something wrong?

I remember picking these up from friends before our friendships start to end. It almost feels like I can pinpoint the day it made a turn for the worse. These instincts of mine have never been wrong before, so with sadness I know it will happen.

I hate this keen grasp I have over these things. Based on past experiences, I've never been able to do anything to change the course of the events that will follow. Save for the undeniable feeling of failure afterwards, what is it good for? What good is empathy if you can't do anything about it?!