Category Archives: empathy

Rewrite All Our Wrongs

Posted on October 27, 2018 by

Let them hold the pen and write their own destiny rewrite all our wrongs write away the suffering write verses about springtime.   The people hunger let them relax and eat figs let them enjoy peace and drink their tea … Continue reading →

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Standing By The Ruins

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

Let them hold the pen and write their own destiny rewrite all our wrongs write away the suffering write verses about springtime   instead of winter, write verses about laughing instead of crying, dancing instead of dying let them write … Continue reading →

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The Day

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

The day schools begin teaching empathy humanity will begin to realize our potential.   When compassion is taught alongside math human beings will stop being counted as numbers. When kindness is taught alongside science our best and brightest will work towards … Continue reading →

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Same Moon

Posted on July 22, 2018 by

When I was a kid, I used to stare up at the moon and my grandma told me that my cousins in Florida would stare up at the moon too and that it was the same moon and we were … Continue reading →

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Life, Death, & Food

Posted on June 29, 2018 by

Anthony Bourdain used food as a way of introducing America to people around the world, their history and culture. He let food speak for itself, and importantly, let people speak for themselves. Bourdain’s Hawaii episode was the first time many … Continue reading →

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Uncle Sam’s Muslim Ban

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

We want to ban Muslims from coming to America because it is a lot more socially acceptable for Uncle Sam to kill them when they are in their own countries rather than here in America unless, of course, they are … Continue reading →

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Wings On The Vulture

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Let us wake now from this sleep before there’s nothing left for the meek to inherit the missionaries stole it and their kids won’t share it as they still fly old glory over stolen land broken with bibles and pineapples, canned and shipped to Rome from … Continue reading →

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