Category: Empathy
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The Wind Mirror
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Read more: The Wind MirrorThe Wind Mirror is one of the Five Great Elemental Artifacts, born from the Clash of the Elements at the end of the Chaos War, when the Five Elements cast their strongest spells together at the same timeâcreating the StarDust. You know how a mirror works, right? You look into it, and it reflects your…
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The Art of Listening
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Read more: The Art of ListeningThe section on Empathy in the Great Library was one of the most popular. A nice and gentle breeze always reminded the Espers of the presence of Gurumin, the Shape of Empathy and Compassion.On this day, a lesson was given on the Art of Listening. âIs that difficult?â jiggled a young Esper. âIt just means…
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Empathy Beyond Borders
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Read more: Empathy Beyond BordersWhat isnât in front of our eyes is often ignored. The place you live in is your own little world. If you were lucky enough, you were born in a wealthy country, at peace, where your basic needs are met each day. But there are other places beyond the borders of your own space, where…
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Pure Heart
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Read more: Pure HeartCha Cha was looking at Guruko, who was humming a song she had heard from the birds of the nearby forest. He thought to himself: âGuruko really has a pure heart.â He reflected on how the planet Earth was plagued by raging wars, genocides, and inequityâand how many of its inhabitants were living, oblivious to…
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Guruko Gets Sick
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Read more: Guruko Gets SickGuruko was feeling ill. She began to develop a fever and had to lie in bed all the time, struggling to catch her breath. Cha Cha, her faithful platypus, was at her sideâpreparing food with the help of Grandma Luna and changing the cool towel on her forehead to help bring down the heat. When…
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Hope
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Read more: HopeWhen learning about the story of humankind, Guruko began to feel overwhelmed and sad by the countless wars and conflicts that had plaguedâand continue to plagueâour shared planet we call Earth. Grandma Luna noticed that Guruko wasnât her usual self, full of joy and smiles.âIs something wrong?â Guruko spoke about the contents of the history…
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Thank You
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Read more: Thank YouWhen was the last time you sincerely said âthank youâ to the ones you cherish the most?Not because they did something for youâbut simply because they are here. We often take the presence of our family or friends for granted.But it is something we should recognize as a gift. As human beings, we will all…
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Children
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Read more: ChildrenIf the debate between nature and nurture has endured through the ages, looking at it from the perspective of brain development makes it clear that nurture plays a significant role in shaping who a person becomes as an adult. Even in the womb, before the cognitive parts of the brain have fully developed, the emotional…
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Empathy
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Read more: EmpathyWhat truly defines us as humans? What sets us apart from other species? Not our physical strength, nor our intelligence. It is our social abilitiesâour capacity to form groups of many individualsâthat have led the human species to eventually dominate the Earth. Empathy is our ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It…
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Smile!
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Read more: Smile!Guruko and Cha Cha were reading a part of the book One Daily Tale, about a powerful tool that every Esper on Esperia knew about. It was a smile! When they read this, they both looked at each other, wondering what it truly meant⊠âA smile can lift the day of anyone who sees it.…