Empathy & Belonging

The definition of empathy according to Google is "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another," and this is what makes humans so much more unique than animals. In Jeremy Rifkins's video that we watched in class he gave a brief overview on empathy and other aspects of human behavior. One of the most interesting topics that he discusses is that humans have a "drive to actually belong."

In high school we always want to belong to a group or clique because that's what we are most comfortable with. Our groups of friends gives us a sense of belonging that every person needs. If we didn't have the drive to belong our society would be very difficult to navigate around because everyone would be too afraid to be apart of something. 

Fortunately for my self I pick a great group to belong with because I surrounded myself with positive people that want to have a prosperous and healthy life. The group of people that I associate myself with the most are my friends: Faizon, Earl, and Adam. Those three young men will have my back until the day I die and I'm very thankful to call those gentlemen my brothers.