The Sacred Shift | Intuitive Guidance With Suzette Lindo

People with poor moral character often lack empathy.

Empathy isn’t just being nice or feeling sorry for others, it’s the ability to see others as human and to understand how your actions affect them emotionally, mentally, and physically.

True empathy acts as a moral compass. It’s what allows someone to distinguish right from wrong not because of fear of consequences, rules, or social approval, but because they can feel the impact of harm. When empathy is present, causing deliberate harm becomes difficult, even when it might be convenient, justified, or personally beneficial.

Without empathy, morality becomes an act. People do what looks right when it benefits them, gives them control, or protects their image, not because it’s truly right. When someone can’t feel or understand another person’s pain, it becomes easy to excuse harm, downplay it, or deny it altogether. That’s how cruelty gets justified while the person still believes they’re a good or righteous individual.

Empathy isn’t weakness, and it doesn’t mean excusing bad behavior. It simply means recognizing that other people feel pain, loss, and dignity just like we do. When that awareness is missing, it becomes easier to cross moral lines and cause harm without caring.

Empathy isn’t optional, it’s essential. Without it, morals lose their grounding, and a person’s character is driven by ego, impulse, or convenience instead of conscience.