Something I have been thinking about lately is empathy. Empathy seems to be one of those words that has various definitions, and depending on who is talking about it, a different take on what it looks like to be empathetic. I decided to investigate and see what some of the people who spent time studying empathy had to say. I wanted to know how empathy can be expressed and utilized for good and if there are ways to increase the ability to extend empathy to those around us, especially those who are different from us.