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Virtue of the Week – Tolerance

Virtue of the Week focuses on building peaceful and caring communities through understanding and fostering the practice of virtues. The Source supports the Virtues Project and will publish one virtue developed by the project each week. of the Week focuses on building peaceful and caring communities through understanding and fostering the practice of virtues. The Source supports the Virtues Project and will publish one virtue developed by the project each week.

Tolerance

Tolerance helps us to accept differences and frees us from being judgmental. It is recognizing that all people have feelings, needs, hopes and dreams. Tolerance is an appreciation for diversity, whether of culture or temperament. It leads to unity. It is being patient and forgiving when others make mistakes while calling on discernment to know when to stand up for justice. Tolerance is accepting things that we wish were different with humor and grace. It allows us to embrace the pain as well as the joys of life.

Quote: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” –Carl Jung

The Practice of Tolerance

I appreciate differences.

I free myself from prejudice.

I refrain from judging myself or others.

I forgive mistakes.

I accept what I cannot change.

I balance acceptance with justice.

I am thankful for the gift of Tolerance. It broadens my horizons.

  • What are our feelings, needs, hopes and dreams for our social justice work?
  • How does our community celebrate differences?
  • How can forgiveness help cultivate tolerance?

How can we balance acceptance with justice in our social justice work?

Virtues Matter was started by a passionate wife-husband team of social entrepreneurs seeking to positively uplift as many lives as possible. We aim to inspire and empower, to build capacity, strengthen relationships, and help everyone lead lives of passion and purpose.

Virtues Matter believes in a world where people are committed to kindness and respect, strive to be their best, and live with hope, courage, and in unity. We built the Virtues Cards mobile app, an interactive personal and team development tool, to help people identify and develop key virtues skills. We also offer dynamic workshops, online training, and customized programs to help people cultivate these positive qualities of character. To learn more, visit www.virtuesmatter.org

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