Category: empathy

  • Takes Two To Tango

    Takes Two To Tango

    You, and I. Their team, our team. Their party, our party. Their country, their country. It takes two to make something positive, or negative. If we say something terrible with the intent to harm the other person, they can either choose to be hurt and retaliate, or they can walk…

  • Our Day and Age

    Our Day and Age

    There is an old Chinese curse that goes something like “May you be born in an interesting time.” The least we can say about our world in 2024 is that it is…..interesting. We live in an age of planes, electric cars, spaceships, artificial intelligence, microchips, robots, smart phones, mass communication,…

  • Rectify the names

    Rectify the names

    Zilu said: ‘If the Lord of Wei were waiting for you to run the government, what would you give priority to?’ The Master said: “What is necessary is to rectify names, is it not?’ Zilu said: ‘If this were to take place, it would surely be an aberration of yours.…

  • Empathy Math

    Empathy Math

    Consider your own suffering. In your life, daily encounters, dreams. Hold it in your hand – all the difficulty, pain, struggle, and suffering you have. Now times that by several billion. That is the world’s suffering. Knowing each person we meet is suffering the same as us increases empathy and…