We all have a right to our own opinions, I might be right and you might be wrong. Everyone should have the right to be who they are or what they want to be without being disturbed about it. Being tolerant is an important characteristic when it has to do with getting along with other people around you.  Being tolerant allow us to know about our differences compare to people in our society. Being tolerant is about accepting people the way they are, their own point of view, their cultures, lifestyles, religions and many differences.

To be a tolerant person, we have to know the difference between prejudice and tolerance, because they are not the same, prejudice is a personality-killer, a prejudiced person feels he/she is the only one who has the wisdom therefore does not give way to others to show who they are or does not have time to get to know people around him/her.

There are so many ways of becoming a tolerant person

Love one another: you should love people around you no matter who they are or their circumstances. you should try to make them comfortable and  be themselves around you, this will make you have a lot of good friends.

Speak positively about others: You should try to always encourage people by saying good things about them. you should not say negative things to them in jokes or even when you engage in a conversation with them.

Listen attentively:   You should try to listen to others when they are giving or making known their own view points, even when you know and you are very sure what they are sayingisn’t right, you should try to listen attentively and don’t try to degrade them by shunning them.

Accept and clasp ideas: You are tolerant when you accept ideas from people, you might not sometimes accept the ideas but make sure you let them know you understand what they are talking about although it is not compulsory you believe or actimmediately on those ideas.

Act right during Debate: Debate is not an easy task when talking about tolerance, because its not easy to be tolerant when we debate on a particular topic or subject. When Debating, you tend to meet with different people with different personality who think they know it all, they are so proud and intolerant, this can be so annoying, I know but it takes tolerance to be able to control yourself during a debate. Also when you are debating,don’t forget how the other person feels so you need to show some respect and compassion towards the person by being tolerant.

Sometimes, to be tolerant does not mean that you have to agree with other people, even if their own viewpoints are different from yours, the heart quality permits you to live together in harmoney.

Like my mom always say, although I don’t know where she learned it from; “Intolerance breeds the “7F’s” which are Fear, Frustration, Failure, Fussing, Friction, factionalism, Fighting”. Even if you are in the high place for instance, a president of a country or a chiefexecutive officer of a big company, if you are not a tolerant person, people under you will despise you.

To be tolerant, you have to let people live their own lives as they want it, let them make their mistakes and learn from it.

Let us all live in tolerance and practise it always!