Do not misconceive tolerance for acceptance

One person less in this world wouldn't make much of a difference, would it? In fact, the world may actually benefit from the non-existence of that one person and then maybe everyone's morale would be elevated.

This world is made up of so many different type of people. When you take a look around you, there is no one person that is identical. Isn't it amazing? Yet sometimes I wonder how and why some people are the way they are. Was it the way that they were brought up? Were there events in their life that affected them? Were there people who were a bad influence? But ultimately, are they the person that they are now because they truly believe that they are contributing positively towards others? Do they honestly believe that their criticisms, negativity and pessimism is a help to others?

Sometimes I feel like we are suckers for buying into their egotistical behaviour. It's not like we look up to them like they are our idol, but we save them from the embarassment of public humiliation. I believe we despise them more than anything but choose to be tolerant and they should be thankful for our consideration.

Be assured, we are the better people for tolerating with their nonsense. We will be the better people because we can learn from them and apply it to when we will have to deal with similar characters somehow, somewhere, sometime. The advantage for us is that we can feel the way we wish to feel, and are able to confine our anger and hatred within our hearts, and still retain a pleasant face in their presence.

So maybe we do benefit from their existence... because we are able to grow as individuals by learning about ourselves, and how much we are able to accept and respect others for who they are. Just remember, do unto others what you would have them do unto you... They don't deserve our submission to stoop as low as they are. We can be the better person!