Empathy and Compassion: Inherent Trait or Deliberate Effort?

What drives our capacity to treat others with kindness and comprehension? In today’s fast-paced and often surface-level world, we are more inclined to judge and categorize than to genuinely understand others. It necessitates setting aside our valuable time, or at the very least slowing down, to genuinely engage with another and understand their situation. Do we have space for such empathy and compassion in our lives?