Learn of the man with far more courage, honor, and empathy than the collective soul of a conservative nation:
THE GUANTANAMO DIARY: A Profile of Courage Under a Depraved U.S. Administration
20 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
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Why I Think This World Should End – a video message by Prince Ea
04 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
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I ran across this video just now and found that the message fit perfectly the theme of my blog. I invite all to listen closely all the way through. Comments will be appreciated.
I would only add that Prince Ea’s use of the word “love” in the video is synonymous with the word, “empathy.”
Empathy is the act of mentally projecting oneself into the mind of another and trying, as much as possible, to experience his life and environment as he sees and feels it. To understand his emotions, his hopes, and his constraints.
Empathy is much more than mere sympathy. It is brother/sisterhood with family, friends, and strangers. It is feeling for others as you would feel for your own young child. It is understanding the devastation that poverty, neglect, and indifference have on the world view of an impoverished child. What you would not want for your child, you would not want for all others. This is the concept to which Prince Ea points.
Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the United Nations
12 Jul 2013 2 Comments
Video by ABC News
Malala Yousafzai is the Pakistani girl shot in the head by a fundamentalist Muslim for the crime of attending school and speaking out for equality and women’s rights in society.
This young woman’s attitude, courage and determination is the very spirit of universal empathy. She wishes no ill will even for the person who shot her, yet she refuses to be silent. She pushes fear aside and continues to speak out for freedom and education for all people.
May she come to no more harm. It would be a great loss for the world.
The Benevolent Thou 
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