Sympathy is a positive attitude towards someone or something that is expressed by the manifestation of goodwill, attention and admiration. The causes of sympathy can be very diverse. Sometimes it’s even difficult to explain why we sympathize with one person, but are completely indifferent to another ...
Why do we feel sympathy?
When we say that we like a person, as a rule, we mean that we like something about him. This may be his outward appeal, charming smile, gestures, timbre of voice and so on. In addition, it may be his personal characteristics: sociability, optimism, sense of humor. For example, you are comfortable communicating with this person, you can easily find common topics, laugh at the same jokes. Sympathy is a non-binding pastime.
It should be noted that laughter is an important indicator of the quality of your communication. If you often laugh during conversations, it means that an excellent level of trust has been established between you and you are really very comfortable being together. If at joint meetings you don’t know what an awkward silence is, there is definitely a deep sympathy between you.
Sympathy and antipathy
Many of us know people who seem to have many virtues, but for some reason we are inexplicably depressed by their presence nearby. The phenomena of sympathy and antipathy are still not fully understood. The specificity of these two concepts is that no one establishes a positive or negative connection between people, but arises completely spontaneously.
Sympathy is a very mysterious mechanism. She, as a rule, is either there or she is not. We can conclude that a person is pleasant or unpleasant to us in a few minutes of communication. If sympathy did not arise immediately, then it is unlikely to arise at the second meeting.
Love and love
Falling in love is a deeper and more serious feeling. A man in love wants to spend an immeasurably huge amount of time with the object of his adoration. Sympathy is when you just enjoy spending time together, while falling in love, you await a new meeting with trepidation, you feel a surge of enormous energy, you want to sing, dance, write poetry or even just enjoy the simple things.
Love is the deepest and most complex feeling. If in love you see only the positive aspects of the chosen one (beloved), then truly loving, you see and accept all the shortcomings of a person. Sympathy and love have both very similar and distinctive features. Of course, a deep feeling always begins with interest, but not so often one leads to the other.
Sympathy is a wonderful feeling that reveals a person’s potential. It is a reliable foundation for the development of a more serious relationship. Surround yourself with people to whom you will feel sincere feelings, and then the world will seem to you much more colorful, and life - beautiful and amazing!