One day, I thought I was going to save the world, I really did. I wanted to fix it all. I wanted to become the “Superwoman” of the world. Then something hit my head and changed my mind. It was systems. If you are reading this paper you should be laughing now. Anyways, one day I gave an advice to someone on a probability of something happen and it did. At least I know that I am not always wrong, that I right most of the time on my feelings and thinking.
In the battle between reality and fundamentalism, diversity always wins. I have been given the opportunity to write freely in the system of this wonderful summer course. I love it. Writing freely can be compared to the freedom to breathe and live. In order to be completely free, you have to
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Which sounds ridiculous, how can we measure love; what about unconditional love, can it be measured? Love is free, and there should be no measurement for love, and it is impossible to measure unconditional love. At times, people could be extravagant when it comes to love, truth, and goodness. Some individuals have the need to hide everything they feel, everything they think, everything they want. Some people tend to hide their feeling, love, and the list can continue forever. I used to be one of them, hiding my feeling, hiding my love or what I like or dislike, I was shy, terrified of the world until, I matured. Now, I have nothing else to hide. Life is how it is, you have to live it and show the world your true face. Hiding is no longer part of who I am. I tell it how it is, which sometimes this way of life can bring …show more content…
For example, when we hear other stories, of people who are really struggling, or in a worse situation than we are, those unhappy or upset feelings might disappear in some individuals. One of my favorites quotes in the book, “Perception is not simply a reflection of reality but a powerful element of reality” (Loeb, 2014, p. 174). What is perception but the reality of what we are able to see and appreciate in front of us. My opinion, the more appreciation the larger the empathy for the needs, systems and others. For some people this can be easy to achieve, now for others the word “empathy” has no meaning. Then we get into their world of narcissism and psychopathy which will be the topic of my next writing. Narcissistic people the world evolves only around them, and what is important to them, no one else matters. It could potential generate conflict harder to resolve. This are not as hard as we think and not as hard to resolve, it is part of how we think, feel and act that make us who we
Many people show empathy for humans like homeless people or ill family members or even just someone in a bad state. These people you can say show responsibility towards those events that are unpredictable in life. There are many people that show this, many people that explain this, and even many people that cause those emotions. These people don’t feel the same things we feel, these people see society in different eyes, in different ways, and in other words in different perspectives. They feel that they cannot forgive people for events that caused them anger, depression, or even made them feel like if they weren't worth anything.
To add, as described throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, the lack of empathy can cause people to mentally damage others and form unpleasant relationships. For example, Walter Cunningham and Miss Caroline are somewhat afflicted by Scout when she ignores and has no concern about their emotions, and this forms an unfavorable impression about her. Despite that, the contrary happens when main character develops empathy and further matures. As she learns about the reality of Boo Radley, she starts to recognize that common beliefs and rumors can be completely contrastive, and can be the result of ignorance about the truths. Thus, a simple change of just having a little bit more empathy than what is acceptable can lead to a better world and a happier society, which in turn, you and everyone else will
Despite these works being written over centuries apart, the authors correlation of the concepts of love were notable. Plato’s Symposium was composed of different views regarding their definitions of love, while Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” focuses on what a group of friends talk about on the topic of love. Both pieces contain groups of people discussing their ideologies and relatable experiences, which in the end emphasize the complexity and variety of this emotion. Even though these literary pieces were written over two thousand years apart, similarities could be found within them regarding the concepts of dying for love as well as acknowledging the different forms of love that exist.
According to Arianna Huffington in the article “Empathy: What We Need Now”, during hardships and instability of society, empathy is needed to find solutions to those issues. Huffington writes about how empathy is needed in our country in order to produce a positive social change. She begins by giving an example of a movement that Martin Luther King created and how empathy was a part of this movement. King as well spoke of how empathy is the sign of living. To become involved in the situations of humanity in order to improve it, displays that empathy is the core of a human’s existence. After reading this article, I do agree with Huffington about how individuals need to fully understand and put themselves within the situation to fully comprehend the issue to solve.
4) How this relates to the real world: This relates to the real world because positive and negative behaviors are displayed by terms of words and actions everywhere around us on a daily basis. After reading this article, I believe the mood maintenance hypothesis has a tighter grip on positive people. Expressing positive behavioral actions and words can change someone’s day. However, I believe using empathy is one of the strongest and most influential strategies to extinguish negativity. Empathizing with another person means to express a genuine care and share that persons state of mind, thus having a strong impact on that particular individuals feelings.
In Empathy, Stephen Dunn, who went to war to fight for his country. When he was on the leave from the army, he felt that it was the beginning of empathy for himself. In Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro learns about the significance of the relationship between a young mathematician named Sophia and her professor. The professor admits that one of his self-interest was for a student to challenge him completely, who is not only capable of following the rules of his own mind but to open up his mind. The interplay between empathy and self-interest is that they both effect on each other in many ways, such as, we benefit as a whole from selfless self-interest and caring for others more than we would from the survival of one at the cost of everyone else.
underlying empathy” authors Jean Decety, Greg J. Norman, Gary G. Berntson, John T. Cacioppo explore this phenomenon.
Empathy, is a self-conscious characteristic human beings hold that allows them to understand another individual’s situation and feelings (Segal, Cimino, Gerdes &Wagaman, 2013). In regard to ho...
American psychologist Carl Rogers first introduced the meaning behind empathy and its importance in the health care profession. He defined empathy as “to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but without ever losing the “as if” condition” (reference). Empathy encompasses the person as a whole, and having the ability to engross one self into the individual 's perspective while maintaining your own emotions in check (reference). Many theorists have attempted to analyze this concept from many different angles such as, Hoffman (1981) argued that the body responded in a natural way and as a largely involuntary vicarious response to affective cues from another person. For example, when viewing facial distress during an encounter the body may respond with similar feedback producing matching emotional occurrence (Decety & Jackson, 2015?). This could be interpreted as a role of autonomic function that is vital to “cognitive functions and emotion regulation” (Decety & Jackson, 2015) thus, not even being aware that empathy is being displayed. While others such as Batson et al (1997) referred to cognitive resources being utilized in role taking
Life is full of defining moments that can impact a life negatively or positively. The consequences to actions are never known in the beginning but always play out in the end. My life as well as everyone else’s can be summed up to a series of decisions, both good and bad, that effected our lives and the lives around us. My choices in particular have not had life changing or drastic results, however, there is one decision that has seemingly changed my view on the world for the better.
Sociological Imagination is essential realizing that how you feel personally, emotionally, or physically is also being felt by everyone else in society, and this opens up a whole new perspective of understanding. And this new understanding is so important to being compassionate and empathetic with someone because you are also in the same boat. Like when it comes to self-image and self-love. I always had the issue of loving myself for what God made me, because of what I 've internalized on watching tv, reading magazines, and etc. Viewing images of skinny, blonde hair, blue-eyed, gorgeous women, I associated was a real beauty. Much to my displeasure to learn, that millions of women also have internalized this. It’s also displeasing to know that
When most people think of love, they imagine a beautiful concept, one of which is and should be a part of life. Some will imagine the unconditional love of God, others will picture a spouse or family members, and some may even think about materialistic things. While there are many ways in which love can be defined as, it usually has positive connotations. This is not necessarily the case in Lewis’ novel Till We Have Faces, at least through the character Orual. Love is a major theme in the novel and is portrayed in both a humanly and a divine way. The humanly love which Lewis displays is mainly shown through Orual and is demonstrated as a perverse love. The divine love is presented through Psyche and is portrayed as selfless. In Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis differentiates perverse love and selfless
Love by definition is an emotion explored in philosophy, religion, and literature, often as either romantic love, the fraternal love of others, or the love of God based on the definition found in The Encarta Encyclopedia. As I explored the definition by means of the Internet, books, and articles I noticed the definitions changed quite a bit, but yet had the same basic understanding. The definition I found in The Encarta Encyclopedia was probably the most simple and most basic. It refers to love in the whole aspect, which is Godly, fraternal, and romantic. All in which can only be defined by one word and that it love.
make a choice between the love of your life and going to a football game, a
He decided to study the psychology behind individuals that posses the traits of a modern Narcissus. In many cases, narcissism, or excessive self-love and feelings of superiority, is the effect of another issue. Most people develop it during fundamental stages in their childhood which can remain with them for life. The presence of certain influences or the lack of, in children’s lives can cause them to develop the personality disorder. It can either result from cultural and societal expectations or from experiencing a childhood