Unconditional Positive Regard

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The Traditional Virtue of Liberality

"Liberality is not so much a political identification as a personal disposition toward empathy and selflessness. This is the mark of our most inspiring and honored teachers, leaders, heroes ... and saints."
~ David Satterlee

Poem: You Must Love Thy Neighbor

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You Must Love Thy Neighbor

Life Will Get You in the End:
Short Stories by David Satterlee

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Short stories by David Satterlee

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A little ditty about empathy and compassion.

“You Must Love Thy Neighbor” 

(The saints among us)

All good things must run their course

And reach their final end.

So say the laws that govern us,

Which no one can amend.

We weep for sorrow not our own,

In love of fellow man.

And on these empathetic hearts

You can impose no ban.

For they can sense the tender need

Within a mind or heart.

And from compassion for such ones

These men will never part.