Pity

I believe a lot of us don't realize how we come across to others. We all live and learn. We pray for someone in hopes for them to get out of a difficult situation or try and help by listening to their story or be a little charitable. And sometimes walking away so it does not change your environment is good also. I realize that walking away does not always help but in any situation, it begins with how you react.

I do not think I have ever pitied anyone, if my understanding of pity is correct, it would mean that I was thinking they are ignorant and or foolish. I think I am more of a sympathetic and empathetic type of person, one who feels bad and or sorry for others actions and or issues. I much rather assist someone then pity them though.

Pity is a pitiful emotion only because we don't understand it. Its important to comprehend that we all have different levels of endurance, and that no one is ever asked, or called upon, to undergo more than he/she can endure. We get to choose many things in each lifetime, as we reincarnate, and what seems pitiful to others is in actuality, a lesson of choice in the learning. Young children are not called,"ignorant," even though they are without much knowledge, and we do not pity them, as they have their whole lives ahead to develop knowledge! So it is with with those adults who "talk much, without authority." Its not at all sad, because they have many lives ahead to live, learn, and develop that authority!

YOu know... I feel pity and sympathy for some, but I have found most of the time...if they'd just done some thinking and worked a little bit harder, the problem that is causeing them to get the pity/sympathy wouldn't have happened in the first place! For instance, I know this guy in construction that has been unemployed for 2 years and on unemployment. Now he has used his 99 weeks, and no more extension for those people in that bracket so in 3 weeks he will literally be penniless. Do I feel sorry for him or sympathy? No, why? Because for 2 years he has done literally nothing to find work. Hasn't applied anywhere, has literally done nothing but sit in a rented room and live on the unemployment. Done nothing to try to benefit himself or take care of himself. He is in a town (Las Vegas) where the unemployment is highest asthere is literally no work there now and that town will be the last town in the country to make a comeback as there is no industry there and the only income the town has is dependent on others having money to spend there. Did he get out and try elsewhere? No. So I will feel it when it is deserved.

Quite often really, i see people do alot of things for attention that is sad to me. Also i see alot of people put up w/things out of their spouses that i think are ridiculous. It never meant that much to me to have a spouse if i has to put up w/alot of b/s.

I learned a long time ago that you cannot walk in anothers shoes. This said I don't feel pity for anyone. I feel sympathy often and empathy also but no pity.

Yes I have done many a time And I still do, for People who think they have spread gossip to make themselves look important Basically for People who need to do things or say things just to get attention

That is sad when they have no idea how pitiful they are.

I don't have alot of pity for alot of people...in fact most of the time I only pity them if they are in dire straights....but most people whether they make their own circumstances or not do not deserve having people pity them....I personally would be offended if someone took a look at my life and pitied me....it's a strange emotion to even sort out in your mind...do you pity someone or just feel sorry for them.

I can honestly say that I pity my parents because of their situation and yes, it is a little to do with their own undoing. Nothing we say gets in their ears and most times it gets retorted back at us so we just keep our traps shut and help them the best that we can which is all we can do at the moment.

I don't often pity anyone. I guess I sort of see it as.. If it's no one's fault but their own, they don't deserve pity. I guess it depends on the situation as to whether or not I'd pity them. Most often I just get frustrated at people who continue to make bad choices, or who have put themselves in a bad situation then choose to complain about it. I also get frustrated because they won't admit that they're there by their own choosing. They usually want to blame other people or circumstances for their situation, and that's frustrating to me. But you have to understand, I grew up in a big city where people like this are in the thousands! Almost everyone who lives in the city is ignorant, uneducated, unmotivated.. and choose to continue to be ignorant, poor, living off the government.. and they brag about it too! Women in that city will brag about all their baby daddy's and how much child support they're getting from each. I've honestly even heard women brag and LAUGH about beating their children! One woman was laughing while describing to her friend the way her child pouted and cried "Please stop mommy". She LAUGHED at this! I pity her children! Not her!

I haven't felt pity for someone in quite some time; although, I used that word just a few days ago when I described how I felt about Nancy Pelosi's delusional comments last week. I generally feel empathy/sympathy for those less fortunate, for the loss of a loved one, etc. I feel pity for people much like you do...when they are in really bad circumstances of THEIR own making, ignorance, delusions...

Pity comes to us, whenever we encounter someone in a pitiful situation. i pity those children who begs in the street because their parents cannot support them. I also pity those senior citizens who would tell the drivers whenever they give their fare that they are senior citizens to be able to get the discount and at the same time feel angry at the driver who shortchanges them from their fare making them complain and say they are senior citizens, yet they really look it! There are a lot of pitiful things here on this earth and we could only sympathize for them, yer sometimes cannot do something to help them. How i wish there will be a non-government agencies who can help people in their pitiful situations! How i wish all those rich ones could contribute in order to always have the funds to sustain such organizations!

I always feel pity to anyone who I know, have difficulties in life, have huge problems, etc. I feel like I need to help them in some ways. I feel I'm the one who was given the task to make them feel better. It bothers me so much whenever I have pity on someone but I wasn't able to help or lend a hand in him/ her. I cannot stand pretending that I don't see them even if I do.

not so often Ambie I do think that what comes around goes around because it is something that none of us can avoid it's universal law superiority itself is a sign of ignorance because no intelligent being will ever think that way it's worse when people live in lala land because it's a form of denial now that's pityful situation

I don't fel pity often and it usually has to be for the right circumstances. I feel pity when I see people begging on the side of the road and for when I see homeless people, which I'm starting to see more in my area. You never know what may have happened to someone to put them in that situation. I think though that the main thing I feel pity for is ignorance. People are so closeminded and that's sad.

I do feel pity for those who are out to prove their superiority by putting others down or constantly seeking approval. I think pity is a way to feel sorry for someone without respecting the person because there is, in my opinion, a difference between feeling bad for someone’s misfortunes and feeling empathy for the person and feeling sorry for them; the latter to me shows less respect for the individual concerned.