"The Power of Pride" I was the second speaker of the day. I walked up to the podium with a knot in my stomach. I was following immediately after Ian Thomas, an inspiring wildlife guide turned public speaker. His topic is  "The Power of the Pride," showing how lions use pride as a tool of leadership. Ian enthralls his audience, and after he finished they were in no mood to listen to me. The loud din eventually settled. In a quiet voice I asked the audience whether Ian had shown them how lions make each other proud and how they can make even baboons feel proud. They shook their head..

Devarim 24:5   Feeling and transmitting feeling It is quite possible that animals, like humans, can experience some form of emotion. What is uniquely human though, is the capacity to transmit emotions to others. Humans can make others feel happy, sad, proud. That is the essence of art and music: the transmission of human emotion from artist to observer or listener. We can enthuse and inspire. We can uplift and move others to action. We can entertain and delight. Not only can humans transmit emotions, but often they derive more fulfillment from transmitting emotion, than from..