The sense of empathy you may feel today could be a mixed blessing. Your inclination to help and comfort others may be misinterpreted if they feel like you are being too invasive or disrespectful of their privacy. You could offer advice and support to those people by letting them know that your intentions are honorable. Others may appreciate your candor as well as your desire to be of service. Look for opportunities to offer someone a consoling word, a helping hand, or the benefit of your wisdom and skills. Before making any overtures, however, consider whether others truly need your assistance. In some cases, the most effective way of offering support today may be to let others move forward on their own.

When you communicate earnestly and with sincerity, your words reflect your good intentions and are likely to be taken at face value. Because we are called upon to use many styles of communications in our different interpersonal relationships, it can be easy to unintentionally make others feel uncomfortable or perplexed because of our approach. Expressing your thoughts, feelings, and intentions clearly and with purpose puts others at ease because they can sense your integrity. Your readers or listeners will be less likely to search for a nonexistent underlying meaning when they feel you are being truthful. The honesty you express today can help others understand that you wish only the best for them. 

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in the back of my mind as we say, i don't hear my father, not saying
what he thinks of horoscopes, as i know, and i revert to that mode despite myself.
his mode. but he was wrong about so many things. he didn't help people that i know
of. do i?  i think i've always felt i had to take care of myself, and got scared if anyone
else came near with need. that may be my father too. but i can't lay everything at his 
prone feet. this is me, everywhere now, where his absence has spread, he holds no 
dominion. he's air now. i breathe shallowly, then deep. i hold myself until i gasp. 
then i realize, his air is mixed with every one else.