>From Wikipedia Empathy (from the Greek åìðÜèåéá, "to make suffer") is commonly defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly experientially feel the emotion of another. As the states of mind, beliefs, and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions, one with empathy for another may often be able to more effectively define another's modes of thought and mood. Empathy is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort of emotional resonance.
>From the artile Irina posted Scott North, reporter and assistant city editor for The Herald ( http://www.heraldnet.com/) (Everett, Wash.), adds: In the race to get it first, don't forget the long view. It often helps to think less about gathering fact and more about creating relationships. Some of the most insightful stories won't be told for days, weeks, months or, in some cases, years. Just thought it was interesting, while Scott may not be suggesting empathy in the purest sense, it sounds like elements of it, because you can not build a relationship without having some sort of bond. but maybe that's just me..... Heath http://batmangeek.com
