The Driving With Rob Podcast

Compassion says, I not only feel your pain, but I will help you to get through it.  How is compassion different from empathy?  Nursing has to be the most perfect example of people who show compassion.   

If you're at least thirty years old, you should be responsible enough to work without adult supervision!  I also talk about the two best supervisors I've ever had, and what made them such good supervisors.

Why Easter and Passover happen at the same time.  There are two reasons.  This episode is a brief explanation of Easter and Passover and why they coincide.  

Human touch is vitally important to our health and well being.  In this episode I talk about social distancing, holding babies, and showing the love of Jesus through touch by missionaries at a leper colony.   

The COVID-19 panic is the result of fear.  Fear is a negative emotion that is more contagious than the virus!  God's word to us is to fear not, be not afraid, and the same applies to the Coronovirus.  No matter what the situation, God says we can face it without fear because He is with us.   

Empathy goes deeper than sympathy.  Empathy says I not only feel sorry for you, but I feel what you feel.  A subtle difference, yet it's not so subtle.  It moves us to help others and to want to be there for them.  

I believe true love never dies.  If you ever loved someone, you still do, even if they are out of your life forever.  Love is our natural state of being.  That's why receiving love, or expressing it, makes us so happy.  The love you feel for another person never goes away.     

This episode talks about the commandments, what Jesus said about them, and how they relate to the golden rule.  I begin by talking a little about the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille movie and how watching the movie encouraged me to read the book!  

Grandfathers have a special relationship with their grandchildren.  In this episode I talk about my two grandfathers and the relationships I had with each of them. 

You should always tip your servers.  Bad service may not be the server's fault.  Servers can be paid less than half of minimum wage and depend on tips to make a living.  You should always tip the wait staff.