An Infusion of Empathy

Lately, I’ve been carrying around this steady, low-grade urge to give the world a giant dose of empathy. Not in a grand, superhero way. More like a quiet nudge. A refill. A top-off. Something warm poured into everyone’s emotional coffee cups before we head back out into the swirl of our lives.

It’s not lost on me that this urge didn’t just appear out of …