Cried for an hour because, I saw a small girl, begging to her father to purchase a study table and he didn’t

Today, i visited my local market to buy some Study material and when I reached the shop, there was another shop which was selling small study table, and the father, daughter duo was there, to buy the table.

The girl was hardly 8 and she was probably studying in class 3rd or 4th.

The father was Swiggy delivery partner. (Gig worker)

And at the end, the shopkeeper quoted 380 rupees price for table.

And the girl was forcing him to buy that table but I could see in her father’s eye that, the money was too much.

And later he rejected to buy the table. The girl started crying there, and my eye filled with tears!

But, even I come from lower middle class family and I had 200₹ in my bank account, and I had to buy book with it.

And at the end, i could not able to do anything.

I just stood there in shock!!

I still remember, her sweet voice, her argry cry and the way she was carrying herself!

When I reached home, i cried for an hour.

Because of this incident, I learned about the difference between Sympathy and empathy.

Sympathy is when we feel bad about someone’s condition

And

Empathy is when, we can imagine yourselfs in their place.
Empathy is when, we can’t ignore but help the person in need.
Empathy is when we felt guilty if we didn’t help them.