I’ve noticed something about energy lately.
When you’re already feeling low, or just neutral. It’s way easier for someone else’s energy to rub off on you. Especially when they’re miserable. And honestly? It goes both ways.
Today at Chick-fil-A, I saw it happen in real time.
The guy who brought my food had the cutest little face. Beautiful features. Strong cheekbones. Just naturally striking. I told him he should model because his face was stunning.
He looked shocked at first, then said Thank you. Then he told me his day had been shitty… and that what I said really made him feel better.
When he came back with my salt and pepper, he laughed. He said when he tells his mom, she’s gonna be like, ‘Really?’ and his dad’s gonna take all the credit. But he made sure I knew that I had made his day.
And that small moment shifted my energy, too.
I wasn’t sad before. I wasn’t happy either. Just.. there, not too long before waking from my slumber. But knowing I helped someone feel better lifted me, too. That’s energy transfer in its purest form.
I think the Empath in me hates hearing that someone is having a bad day. I feel this urge to fix it, hold it, carry it. And that’s something I’m still learning: how to care without absorbing everyone else’s emotions.
Energy is contagious, but so is kindness.
And sometimes that’s all it takes.
Being an Empath doesn’t mean you have to carry everyone’s emotions. It means offering light when you can, without dimming yourself in the process.
Before you scroll past this, ask yourself:
- How often am I carrying emotions that didn’t start with me?
- At what point does caring about someone else turn into me ignoring myself?
- Whose energy am I still holding onto that I should’ve released already?
