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What is tolerance?
To give and not take; I rely on my own inner resources and not on outside resources.

How did we become intolerant?
As spiritual beings each of us came here with our own mix of innate qualities and resources. Over time, focusing outwards, we have forgotten these inner treasures. We just notice that we no longer feel so content. Then one day we find that when things are ‘just so’ we once again experience contentment. So now we link ‘experiencing contentment’ to externals being ‘just so.’ The only problem with this though is that people and situations are not going to remain static and ‘just so.’ Now when they aren’t ‘just so’ our peace and happiness go and we begin to begin to nag, boss, contrive and try to control people and situations to make them be as we need them to be so that we can be happy once again. Eventually we loose our tolerance towards people and situations as we find we can’t control them but are dependent on them for knowing contentment.

Becoming tolerant?
How do we make the return journey to fullness, and of knowing that our peace and happiness are independent of externals being ‘just so.’ So that even if ‘W’ isn’t behaving as we would like them to we don’t feel threatened and become intolerant, rather we can remain loving and sympathetic towards them as our happiness isn’t dependent on their behavior. This actually means that now we can see their need and offer real help…

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