I work as a therapist and I am empathetic. I do this at work and with people in general, I seem to connect with there deep sadness. ( I also connect with there joy but that's not a problem per say) . The more I see myself as a healer It makes more sense that I see this sadness, the place that needs healing in them. It connects to the places in me that need healing . Sometimes I get overwhelmed with a person's sadness. And then I have to be ultra focused on the joy and already healed places to counterbalance it. But sometimes I just see the sadness. I see how much healing the human race needs and how much can I do?
I also wonder why a lot of people don't see it ( whether it's a person right in front of us or Palestinians or Darfurians or mothers or children) . There is a deep sadness to being human. I have healed enough of it in myself to help others but I want to do more.
( I also may be dealing with a new layer of sadness becoming visible to me in myself ) Does it end? Do we ever get to the root of it and feel only joy?
I want to connect deeply with people and yet the pain is sometimes more than I can safely take. And I feel such responsibility to see the beauty and joy , to keep that connection going too.
What can we do as healers, to feel and be connected and know that sadness is there and yet be ok with it? How can I help heal people most effectively?