Let's See Where 90 days takes us.
Day 53, Monday
Tolerance is a Gift - to a point.
Your willingness to accept the existence
of opinions or behaviour
that you don't necessarily agree with,
and the allowable amount of variation.
How much and how long we tolerate
Can depend on many things.
We are all learning
so I attempt to be tolerant.
Where I've noticed
I'm challenged
is
in longer term relationships.
There's more time spent
and a variety
of situations
for
differences
to show up.
Being tolerant can mean
accepting less than
what you are looking for.
"You're going to come across people in your life
who will say all the right words
at all the right times.
But in the end,
it's always their actions
you should judge them by.
It's actions, not words, that matter.
Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue
Now I don't agree with Mr. Sparks 100%,
but I don't live with him,
nor do we spend time together.
I won't hear or read this quote often
And there is enough of the quote
that I do agree with.
I put a lot of weight into actions.
I'll confess,
I'm learning to put more weight into
my own.
To me words matter
a great deal.
I've tolerated a difference
in words and actions,
my own and those of others.
Growing in congruence
and
shifting into something new
needs time to take shape.
We can be so hard on ourselves
And others.
Do you consider tolerating a gift to ourselves and others?
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