Tag Archives: Empathy

These Electric Feelings

Posted on April 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

These Electric Feelingsby Michael DoyleIt is once, maybe twiceYour head starts reelingIt’s easy to pay the priceGetting lost in these electric feelingsYou know you’ve found the right oneAnd that the search is finally doneIt’s not like you’ll evade the snaresBut … Continue reading →

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In A World of Thoughts and Other Misgivings

Posted on March 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In A World of Thoughts and Other Misgivingsby Michael DoyleIn a world of thoughts and other misgivingsThere is a lot of hurt in need of forgivingNot just for you or for me, but all it seemsThere are just too many … Continue reading →

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A Passion For Listening

Posted on November 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Passion For Listeningby Michael DoyleIn the set of all possible worlds, I pauseThinking of the multiverses behind The first causeAnd I realize that the chasm between Finite and infiniteIs something that, at this time, we find Cannot be definitiveBut … Continue reading →

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Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)

Posted on September 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)by Michael DoyleNo freedom, no libertyNo right to fundamental dignityHappy the Elephant pays the costAnd the decision it seems is lostThere will be no sanctuaryPersonhood has been denied capacityRegardless of intelligence, elephants are thingsSubstantially … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Good Fiction Creates Empathy

Posted on April 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.” – Barbara Kingsolver, novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 8 Apr 1955)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Another Life, Another Person, Ask, Barbara Kingsolver, Create, Empathy, Eyes, Good Fiction, Live, Novel, Somewhere, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Judge Has A Duty To Decide Cases Based Solely On the Law…Empathy Should Not Play A Role In A Judge’s Consideration of A Case

Posted on March 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A judge has a duty to decide cases based solely on the law … [T]o the extent that empathy is defined as one’s ability to share what another person is feeling from the other person’s point of reference, empathy should … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Ability, Another Person, Cases, Consideration, Decide, Define, Duty, Empathy, Feeling, Judge, Mike Lee, Point of Reference, Role, Share, Solely, The Law, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

What About Joseph?

Posted on December 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

What About Joseph?by Michael DoyleFollowing the Lord God means obedienceBut when push comes to shove, she grew in diligenceWhile Joseph played out his part unsungHolding his head upright and not hungTrusting in God even when it was hardWilling to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Audience, Empathy, Faith, Follow, Glory, Holy, Joseph, Journey, Light, Lord God, Love, Mary, Mother of God, Night, Obedience, Old Testament Law, Poetry and Poems, Question, Righteous, Son, Stoned To Death, Test, Trust, Truth, Unsung, Upright | Leave a comment

Always Time For A Story

Posted on December 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Always Time For A Storyby Michael DoyleQuietly sitting on the pewThere in one sense, familyWearing our brother’s coatAnd in this, draped in povertyKeeping warm on Christmas nightAll for the sake of spirits brightKept a flicker in swaddling clothesAs only as … Continue reading →

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May It Come Easy (The Promise of Turkey)

Posted on August 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

May It Come Easy (The Promise of Turkey)by Michael DoyleIn affection and camaraderieWe wish in sincere empathyAnd with just a trace of sympathyThat with life, may it come easyChange is the constant in all of lifeSometimes there is peace; sometimes … Continue reading →

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On Hearing Without Listening

Posted on May 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Hearing Without Listening: In the modern age, we are constantly in a state of ‘hearing’. The best adapted of us have learned to listen to what is important and tune out the rest of the aural bombardment we live in. … Continue reading →

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