@zoiera I agree, empathy can go both ways but I wouldn't want to do without it. Although you can feel very empathic, it doesn't always mean you have to act on it (that's how I try to see it these days :-))
@kimmy159 True, I get your point and I honestly try my best to do that. But empathy sometimes has its way to make us vulnerable to a lot of things/situation/people to a point that we even throw out objectivity and reason outside the window.