Empathy can be...

• Noticing when someone is struggling, including yourself, and responding with kindness instead of judgment.  

• choosing to be responsible and taking ownership of your choices as well as following through on what you say you’ll do. 

• more than a feeling.  Goals are how we feelings turn into action. Setting goals gives your kindness direction! Goals can also be a way of treating yourself with compassion, because they show that you care about your own growth. 

• shown through your actions. Other people can’t see your thoughts or your intentions. They only see what you do and say, so your actions become the picture they build of you. Over time, that picture turns into your reputation.