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Tolerance
Facing conditions we would like to change, letting go of people we wish were different, takes growth, patience, tolerance. We're so easily enticed into thinking we'd be happier, "If only he'd change," or If I had a better job". Yet we carry the seed of happiness within us every moment. Learning tolerance for all conditions will nurture that seed.
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Intolerance, impatience, depression, in fact, any negative attitude is habit-forming. Many of us continue to struggle with the habits we've formed. Bad habits must be replaced with new, good habits. We can develop a new behavior,
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repeat it often, then it becomes a habit, a good one. Toleration of others opens many doors, for them and for us. It nurtures the soul, ours and theirs.
"Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind."
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