Today is the United Nations Day Of Tolerance [first celebrated in 1996]
I'm not aware of ever being involved in events marking this day, neither in schools or in churches
But it seems a very good idea...
After all, the Good Book reminds us we have a duty to love our neighbours, doesn't it? However different they are from us.
And we have a duty to be good role models for those who look up to us
I wish this day was better known! Our world could do so much with some tolerance (and kindness and acceptance and compassion), shown to others, especially right now!
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DeleteAh.. that Aussie soap and theme song certainly deserved a wider context than just that programme.
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DeleteI agree that it’s good to get on with your neighbours even when an unsecured trampoline embeds itself into your 1 year old motor home and you have to claim your own insurance! Certainly spoiled my 70th birthday in January 2020. I was more tolerant than I could ever have believed because Norrie was incandescent with rage! Catriona
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! Perhaps garden trampolines should be like cars : only to be used if the owner has full insurance cover
DeleteSmashing your MoHo would make you lose your mojo, and go loco...
DeleteThere must be a Day of Something for every day of the year! But this looks like a really good one. Even better if the effects are long lasting.
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DeleteI wish this day was advertised more, something the world and the internet needs a lot more of is tolerance. Young children seem to have it instinctively, but then sadly they seem learn from others not to follow that instinct.
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DeleteGood neighbours are invaluable and we have met some lovely ones since moving here. Our old ones were pretty good too. Tolerance seems to have vanished these days and as Sue said children have it then lose it. Xx
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DeleteI'm all for tolerance. I did find myself thinking, tolerance but not compromise. Here in Canada the two are often confused. We can be kind to people always, but we should not have to be bulldozed into accepting ideologies that are harmful, especially if those pushing them don't tolerate our different viewpoints and call us intolerant!
ReplyDeleteI understand what you are saying. In the 70s I worked with a guy who was vegetarian and always had cheese sandwiches for lunch. That was OK. But he would harangue us incessantly as we ate ham sarnies and pork pies. To force us to have a meat free eating area would have been bullying
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