On Apr 15, 2008, at 8:03 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
Ok, Gene, you asked me to be specific,...
For me, it's not about imagination, it's about empathy-putting yourself
in someone else's shoes.
Well, my take is that is what Obama was doing, he was empathizing with those Pennsylvania workers who were hurting after years of seeing their jobs disappear and politicians lying to them and doing little that was helpful. He saw the need, he saw the wrong, he saw the result and he spoke truthfully about it. We here have for years lamented that politicians don't tell the truth. I have often said we can't handle the truth. This is an example.
I find it difficult to understand how you can only take personal offense
to something ONLY if it relates to you personally.
Think of it from a spiritual viewpoint. If we take personally the many ills and wrongs in the world we will be distraught. We can empathize with the millions of people with serious problems whose stories are thrown in front of us each day, but if we take personal umbrage at the wrong of it we will destroy ourselves from within.
Bev, consider how much better if we could all laugh hilariously, then after regaining control, then you could educate. Once the friend realized he had hurt you he would almost certainly apologize. If not, then if would be difficult not to think less of him.
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