Jim Yerman's The Golden Rule

Going through life, we are told again and again and again that one person can make a real and impactful difference. Just one act can spark a change in the world more than you would ever possibly know. We are told that it doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, or what your experience is in this world. One action, large or small, has the ability to snowball into something truly amazing. All of that is great and all, and that is how some people truly view the world that we live in. However, there are some people who have a much different point of view. These people would argue that the world that we live in is a terrible and threatening place; it’s not difficult to see their point on that topic. This world has too many terrorist

In the first two lines of the poem, Herrera communicates his theme via speaker and half-rhyme. In the speaker’s first appearance, it instantaneously remarks, “Let us celebrate the lives of all/as we reflect & pray & meditate on their brutal deaths” (Herrera, 5-6). The phrase “let us” establishes the speaker’s first-person, collective point of view. While the first stanza objectively lists the names of those injured and killed in recent atrocities, as though to pin blame onto the harmful individuals who caused their pain, the speaker’s collective perspective elucidates the fallacy of this perspective. By associating the whole of society, with the death of some citizenry, Herrera illustrates the all-penetrating nature of the pain caused by the disasters outlined in the poem’s first stanza. The dismal nature of these events does not simply imply the broken nature of a few people, but of society. Subsequently, when Herrera notes the healing practices of reflection, prayer, and meditation (6), he incorporates a half-rhyme between his initial statement, “Let us celebrate” (5), and the word meditate, the final in the list of three. Through his half-rhyme, Herrera suggests healing spiritual practices as a practice for embracing all of humanity as a unified whole, his ultimate solution to progress beyond society’s crossroads. Through these meaningful, beneficial practices, one can shift from having harmful, shallow perceptions and, by abandoning concepts, reach the reality of unity between people necessary for society to progress.

Ethical relativism is not just simply one concept. It can be divided into two categories cultural relativism and ethical subjectivism. Cultural relativism states that what a culture finds correct is what is correct, within its own realm. Ethical subjectivism are what people as individuals find correct, or the values a person stands for and what they support whereas culture relativism is has a certain standard of morality held within a culture or society. These both view people as being in charge of their own morality. However, there are some problems with the view ethical relativism itself. For instance marital rape, machismo in Hispanics culture and premarital sex. In this dissertation I will be discussing problems with ethical relativism, while using the examples above.

Living in a wetico infested culture and being brought up in our day in age is sickening because we teach our young from a young age that you must have money and power and be rich in the future in order to be successful in life, which is not true. In my opinion in order to be successful you must do what you love one life and be happy and live life to the fullest. Our own wars and personal suffering comes from our own wants instead of our needs and this is grown and festered within us from the time were born for wanting more and more and more and beeing greedy once people understand and know this it will be a relief and a blessing for them for they will live a better life. The next problem that people must know about is that in our human nature competition is not natural and in reality we are programmed to love one and other. Since our birth we are told that we must be the best the alpha the leader of the pack but all this is a lie because it will not give you true bliss and happiness. The mirror neurone in other animals is now found within us as when we are around people who are happy and loving it will make us happy and loving as well that is true human nature, that also goes for the opposite when you are around angry people you become stupid and blind. In the end people need to truly see and learn about these things so we can make the world clear and better and help them live better

As a leader, I am committed to creating an open, welcoming environment that respects diversity and creative thinking; inspiring personal and professional growth. I value all individualities and viewpoints equally. My ethics are the same for every one of my followers, regardless of age, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. By removing any stigmas or barriers, we strengthen the unity between us, enabling us to succeed individually and as a whole.

Our world has become one where people are so invested in their own day-to-day lives, that they forget to look around. A world where people are self centered and are quick to judge other people. However, it's not necessarily in a mean way, it's more of the fact that people are tired and frustrated and just want to take a break. David Foster Wallace talks about this in his speech titled, “This Is Water”. Wallace talks about the meaning of living day in and day out, and how people believe in times of frustration, that they are the center of the universe.

For instance many innocents who died in the war weren’t honored even though we shouldn’t forget but rather learn from so that we don’t have to see innocents dying for something they don’t want to take part in. Even today many people die today with no one really caring about them for example the people who live in Syria are dying but there is rarely any media coverage “The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan” can improve the global quality of life.

The explication of the beginning of the poem is so bizarre. The first verse of the poem talks about the speaker’s loneliness. The speaker woke up from the sleep and he is trying to tell about his dream to his old friend. However, He addressed the darkness as his old friend and started to describe it which he had done before. Also, He is saying that when he was sleeping a vision left its seeds and it was deeply rooted in his brain. In this poem silence is the taboo, what he wants to speak about he cannot. The speaker is mentioning to all enlightened people in this poem. Its theme is man's inability to communicate with man.

This collection of over ninty words is much more than just a poem. It’s a story of millions of people. It ties in rhymes, sadness, happiness, religion and anger though a broad spectrum of other ideas.

My code of ethics would probably be similar to Peter Singer, where everyone have an obligation to help relieve poverty. There are lot of factors that causes poverty to expand such as wars, natural disasters, government corruption, economic declines, lack of education and opportunities. I understand that everyone have the right to do whatever they please especially with their money. On the other hand, I do believe that everyone can help other that are unfortunate in life by providing money, food, and shelter. I think some people need a reality check of how some people living in poverty by putting themselves their shoe to know how arduous life is for them.

This quote looks into the side of humanity at where all seems good when bad. You’re “Running” and “leaping”, enjoying what seems to be right. Many problems in humanity, within one’s self, are from doing something wrong which may seem right at the time. Another quote from this poem, “One looked up, grinning, And said, “Comrade! Brother!” This quote shows the togetherness of humanity, but with edge. This poem shows both sides of humanity through all its verses. Every line can be interpreted into the good and bad of us

Book: The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper. Three years ago, my 5th grade teacher stood in front of 24 students and read “The Golden Rule”. It is about a little boy talking to his grandpa about the golden rule. They discussed how the golden rule starts with each one of us and our imagination. It also states that in school, whenever there is a new kid, you should treat anyone the way you want to be treated.

We as people are cold, ruthless, harsh, kind, compassionate and generous. This is what makes us humane. We as humans care; we care about the recent presidential elections, we care about the terrorist attacks in the Middle Eastern countries and we care about the lack of food, the lack of water and the lack of homes in African countries. This is because it is our basic human right to care, whether it affects us or not. Although every single human has the ability to care, it is the choices we make that defines us as humans. We chose Donald Trump as the President, we chose to desensitize the bombings in Islamic countries through media, and we have the choice to send aid and relief workers to third world countries. So it is our mentality as citizens

There is no perfection in the world, so if there is love, there is separation. Through the first three stanzas, its language, its voice, and its imagery are used in an increasing level. Besides the words

The poem has many different hidden meanings but they are all based around a common theme of faith.