Positive Emotions

[Martin Hash]

Optimism is hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.
Compassion is sympathy, pity & concern for the sufferings & misfortunes of others.
Ambition is a desire & determination to achieve success.

Manifestations
Charity is voluntary giving of help to those in need.
Love is providing comfort & affection.
Ingenuity is being clever, original & inventive in solving problems & achieving goals.

[C-Mag]

That is really Great, thank you

[Fife]

This is the Ancappie thread now.

[Okeefenokee]

Mercy,

[Speaker to Animals]

Empathy.

[Martin Hash]

Empathy.

“Empathy” is a relatively modern word that in practice is used to reverse the power from doctor to patient. The inherited emotion is compassion.

[Martin Hash]

Mercy

After thinking about this for a while, mercy is a manifestation of compassion.

[Speaker to Animals]

I was just joking around, but it does have an interesting etymology:

empathy (n.)

1908, modeled on German Einfühlung (from ein "in" + Fühlung "feeling"), which was coined 1858 by German philosopher Rudolf Lotze (1817-1881) as a translation of Greek empatheia "passion, state of emotion," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + pathos "feeling" (from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer"). A term from a theory of art appreciation that maintains appreciation depends on the viewer's ability to project his personality into the viewed object.

http://www.etymonline.com/word/empathy

[Speaker to Animals]

Mercy

After thinking about this for a while, mercy is a manifestation of compassion.

Correct.

[Okeefenokee]

Old Yeller was a good boy.