Compassion and Love are Not Based on Reciprocity

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Compassion and Love are Not Based on Reciprocity

Tiniest Teachers offer the Greatest Lesson The Greatest Lesson took me by surprise. Recently, I’ve been suffering compassion fatigue. Every Sunday I take a nursing home resident to church with me.  It seems the helpful thing to do, and she always voices her gratitude as we leave the services. But I couldn’t shake the feeling […]

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The Hardwired Emotions

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Eric Jensen in Teaching with Poverty in Mind says the emotions children are born with are SADNESS, JOY, DISGUST, ANGER, SURPRISE, and FEAR. What message does this send to teachers and peace educators? The first thing that strikes me is that overwhelmingly the basic emotions we are born with are negative. All the emotional responses […]

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