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Post by Misty on Jun 9, 2005 6:04:03 GMT -5
Tiger (who has the no one is hopeless column) said one time that tolerance is the lowest form of love. I really like that idea cuz I think it is important to practice love in all different ways. Intolerance could be hate in disguise then??? Hmmm these are interesting thoughts!!! What is your thoughts on tolerance and
intolerance? Please let me know!!!
Thanks!-----Mistyeve
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Post by Lin on Jun 11, 2005 4:27:28 GMT -5
Where the heck IS everybody?  ? I agree...tolerance and intolerance are forms of love and hate. I've heard a way to use tolerance in connection to how much alcohol a body can consume and it makes you drunk. I hear that TOLERANCE level changes over time. A person who usedto dink 2 cases and keep walking now may only hve to drink a 6 pack and be passed out. I guess it's sort of liek that with regular tolerance. What I can tolerate going on around me before I have to exit or blow changes over time. Things I used to have little tolerance for, I have leaned to accept and detach and find compasion instead of disgust. Setting boundaries and finding understanding helped on both counts. Yet today there are things I have gotten used to that I wont tolerate going back to how they were. I am much more on the tolerant side of this chip than the intolerant. I ALMOSt had a spell of intolerance yesterday. My car is still uner arranty. In June it had a major transmission problem and I too it in. They had to order something so they kept it 4 days. This week I was backing out and hubby heard a noise. He said to take it right then. I took it and they ahve had it another 4 days. (transmission again) They keep giving me a pick up date or time when I call and yesterday when they said it woudl be at least Monday I sort of blew. I was calm, but I reminded them that makes 4 days in may and now at least 7 days in June. I WANTED To remind them that I'd bought 25 new cars from that dealer over the years and it was mainly due to good service...that's what i was THINKING, but I kept it to myself. I was trying very hard to be tolerant. Last nigth they gave me a decent loaner car. it looks exactly like mine. So it's better than the 2 Buicks they gave me earlier this week. Tolerance can be a bit like self-control. (another chip) LIN |
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Post by lildee on Jun 11, 2005 8:10:06 GMT -5
Good morning Mistyeve,
I agree with Tiger, tolerance is the lowest form of love. I am gonna need a lot of loving today. With 15 kids running around (for a birthday party.) All different kinds of kids with very different personalities. From the quiet and reserved to the crazy insane ones. God give me the strength to be tolerant of them all.
I am usually on the tolerant side of this chip but as I am Hmmmm getting older there are some things that I find I have less tolerance for. Like seeing or hearing about older folks being assaulted, robbed, or even raped. The news had a story of an 88 year old woman who was robbed beaten then raped. It just seems that the criminals couldn't be content with stealing her few dollars, and had to inflict more pain. I guess this Program has made me even more sensitive to the trials and tribulations of the world around me and the excesses that are are in it.
Love & God Bless
Arlene
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Post by caressa on Jun 11, 2005 8:23:59 GMT -5
For me, tolerating others is better now that I can understand where others are coming from. Before I couldn't understand, this includes my own actions and thoughts.
As I said to my bridge partner on Wednesday, I have trouble meeting my own expectations let alone the ones he projects onto me. He could only focus on what we didn't do right instead of what we did do right. He forgot to put other people into the equation and got full of himself. He thought we did badly and we came first.
Tolerance I believe is accepting of what is. That certainly applies to the people we love. There can be very little love if there is no trust, respect, and tolerating of each other's faults.
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Post by caressa on Jun 11, 2005 8:25:23 GMT -5
p.s. Good luck with the birthday party my friend, sounds like you are going to need lots of tolerance.
I remember a birthday party I had for my best friend's two boys. They were 11 and 12 and I had 28 kids under the age of 16.
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Post by lildee on Jun 11, 2005 8:31:05 GMT -5
Thanks gonna need it. And a whole bunch of prayers. This party is being put together on a wing and a prayer. (Not my stlye I am more of a planner) But this is what my daughter wanted so I am going along with her wishes , it is her party and the one of the last few big ones. God doesn't give us more than we can handle...... but sometimes He comes pretty close. LOL
Love & Have a great day.
Arlene
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.