This is worth 10 minutes of your time.

Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.

• You're Too Sensitive!
• You're Reading Too Much Into It!
• You're Too Emotional
• You're Very Intuitive 
• How did you know?!
• You're Overwhelmed Mentally and Emotionally

Have you ever heard any of these things? I've heard them or variations of them for a considerable time. Strangely, with different people, during a different era of my history, this was not the case at all. There was more love and respect, more authenticity, more openess and honesty, and generally, a greater sense of community that allowed this sensitivity to exist in harmony. Once the harmony disappears though, a sense of craziness overtook me - until.