"We would like to thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts, for your endless kindness, warmest thoughts, sweet messages of concern and the lovely heartfelt words of comfort during this most difficult time now".
What makes compassion so important is not just that it elicits thoughts and feelings of concern for others, but rather it spurs people to want to respond to the needs of those for whom they feel empathy.
Even the thought of his concern irritated her.
This introductory article lays out the various schools of thought and areas of concern that have occupied this vibrant field of philosophy for the past forty years.
More troubling, though, is the thought that the lack of concern derives from a growing complacency regarding democracy's origins — and its staying power.
However, the content typically labelled as worry concerns thoughts of possible future threats impinging on the individual, whereas the term rumination is more often applied to thoughts of past negative events or negative personal attributes (Watkins, Moulds, & Mackintosh, 2005).
While states were quick to sign on, some have had second thoughts, either because of concerns about the expense of new textbooks and teaching materials needed, or seeing it as a federal takeover of local education decisions.
