In your own words, what does caring mean to you. I find that I'm uncertain about it lately, so much so that it's beginning to plague my mind. I thought that it was putting someone else into consideration before yourself, but with being told by others around me that I lack empathy, or sympathy, or that I don't care. It hurts, truly hurts. I question now, I've tried dictionary.com, but I'm still uncertain, so I'm gonna ask here and hope for some closure.