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We have found that tolerance is a principle that enhances not only our own recovery but also our relationships with people who irritate us.<\/b><\/p>\n
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Just For Today, \u201dTolerance\u201d, June 24<\/i><\/p>\n
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Many of us have had the experience of calling our support person to complain about that awful person at work or that obnoxious family member or that insufferable idiot at the area service committee meeting. If they weren\u2019t there, how peaceful and enjoyable our lives would be! The patient and loving support person calmly asks, \u201dHave you prayed for them?\u2019 How clich\u00e9!<\/p>\n
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Of course, advocates tend to speak from experience \u2013 they know that when we pray for the people who bother us, we are often the ones who change. Sure, sometimes the people around us do become more tolerant \u2013 people grow and change all the time \u2013 even the insufferable fools. But when we pray for the people who bother us, we increase our own tolerance and compassion.<\/p>\n
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While everyone in the world has room for improvement, tolerance is a much more surefire way to experience peace and harmony than simply waiting for those around us to improve. Some people will take a long time to change\u2014others may never improve at all. If those around us are not going to become more tolerant, the best solution may be to simply become more tolerant. This does not mean that we accept unacceptable behavior\u2014we still set healthy boundaries as appropriate. Our advocate can help us distinguish what is acceptable from what is unacceptable. We remind ourselves that we don\u2019t have to be friends with everyone\u2014we just need to be able to play nice with others at work, at family gatherings, and at service committee meetings.<\/p>\n
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I can't make the people around me grow according to my schedule. In order to get along with difficult people, I will pray for tolerance.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-12207","spad","type-spad","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spad\/12207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spad"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/spad"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}