Hypothetically speaking...

"I finished Tuesdays with Morrie the other night and an interesting scenario came into my head:

Envision Morrie living longer with the massive publicity he had. Normal people he knew would continue to see him, enthralled with his empathy. Celebrities would see him, enthralled with his ability to reduce everyone to the same level and see them for what they are inside. People would have to make appointments. Morrie would become iconic. People would start to try and top each other with their "humanity" and "ability to be human" and fight each other for who has the most favor in his eyes and who is the favorite 'pupil'. Try and impress him, which wouldn't work. Kill in his name. Morrie would die understanding them but the fights would escalate. His point of understanding would be lost in the melee...

Sound familiar?

empathy and understanding can bring with it a certain kind of destruction, too....."

(from my RL journal)