In my formative years, I learned a lot: how to adapt inside of a broken home, handle the devastating loss of a family member, battle insecurities, and endure the gut-wrenching pain of losing your first love. It’s these experiences that made me a person capable of feeling genuine, honest empathy for others. In hindsight, I’m in a certain sense grateful for those tough moments.
But more often than not, empathizing with others brings back terrible memories. You couldn’t help but feel badly for the Houston Texans as you watched them get torn apart by the Kansas City Chiefs 30-0 on Saturday.