Tag Archives: empathy

Toward Home

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Even in the beauty of our blessings, even in our peaceful moments, we can be thankful and yet remember the challenges that others face. Continue reading →

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Gifts of Perception

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Doc Arnett

There’s an art to giving… and to receiving. Sometimes the generation gap makes both arts more challenging. Here’s something I learned from my parents and my children… Continue reading →

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The Aftermath of Suicide

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Doc Arnett

There are many tragedies in this world and few departings from it that do not involve at least some degree of sorrow and sadness. Even when we can see the release that death brings from some long lingering disease, we … Continue reading →

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Comfort

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I have seen close enough
the long aching pain
the death of a child brings a mother. Continue reading →

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Ice in Atlanta

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Doc Arnett

What happens when ice and snow suddenly show up in a Southern city? Chaos, misfortune and massive opportunity for others to ridicule. Might be that empathy would be a better response… Continue reading →

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Tilting the Kaleidoscope

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I think that in much of our lives, we often and only see others in a particular role that comes to define them in our minds: Continue reading →

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Other Shoes

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We stood looking at the course before the start of the race, wondering why no one was running up the long steep hill just out of the gate. Continue reading →

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Close Encounters of the Hurt Kind

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Focusing on our hurts nearly always makes them seem greater. Going on with the better parts of life frequently makes them seem less awful. Continue reading →

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Of Floods and Droughts

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Doc Arnett

This reminds me, too,
somehow,
that it is far easier
to give alms
than to endure poverty.
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Horse Sense

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

There’s always a reason for anything that other people do. Most of the time, that reason makes sense from a certain perspective. Continue reading →

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