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		<title>Can we be &#8220;too compassionate?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 07:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I don&#8217;t believe we can be &#8220;too compassionate,&#8221; I do think sometimes imagining being in someone else&#8217;s shoes can become &#8220;too real.&#8221; For some of us, empathizing with someone becomes so real that we take on another person&#8217;s energy, burdens, or even illness. We can even take on a society&#8217;s problems, to the point [...]]]></description>
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