*Abdel Basir Jamal Eid
Tolerance should be one of a person’s primary characteristics. In a world with so much racial, intellectual, and social diversity, everyone needs to practice in their daily lives.
Perhaps everyone among us believes they are tolerant. But in fact, there are points where our tolerance is truly tested. These moments show that there is a chance for things can go either for you or against you when you are engaged in conflict with another individual.
In this case, it doesn’t matter who is right; what matters is how we handle our disagreements. What really needs to be asked is, “How do you handle these differences?” When you are being pushed down a new path, how can you keep your dignity and uniqueness?
We cannot deny the fact that tolerance is a quality shared by great individuals and that a person carrying hatred and animosity is nothing more than a helpless person who lacks self-control. They cannot interact with people in different environments as a result.
To be that powerful person, you need to possess a few core values, and these concepts have their roots in the Arab and Islamic cultures to which we belong. However, the second query is: Why do we not exhibit such a quality of “tolerance” in our daily life?
Why do you think we can sometimes have moral dignity and other times have moral bankruptcy? The trick is that we no longer have a set of rules that we need to periodically remind ourselves of. As a result, we place the greatest emphasis on self-love, that leads to selfishness, while controlling our thoughts and emotions.
One of the most important principles we must uphold is ” having good intentions towards others” and refraining from being seduced by negative ideas that demonize the other person by inventing speculations and scenarios devoid of fact and evidence. Then you realize that you are formulating a lot of false hypotheses that are based on incomplete knowledge. We must replace negative thoughts with positive ones to resolve these issues.
The second principle for developing tolerance is to “put yourself in the place of others” and try to comprehend and develop empathy for them. Many of us have the problem of simply thinking and feeling about ourselves; we do not try to comprehend how others feel or how they think in ways that are different from our own. The issue of “understanding the differences” is brought up, which is a crucial issue. You must understand that the world does not revolve solely around you; it accommodates everyone, and you are just one of the many millions of individuals that live on this planet. For a while, we need to stop talking and give a chance to listen attentively to each other.
Building a relationship on “mutual respect” is the third Principle. Some of them develop relationships based solely on reciprocity while ignoring the word respect. If he respects me, I respect him, and if he offends me, I offend him! This is unquestionably a grave error that leads us to fall into the traps of others and get sucked into a never-ending pit of negativity and anger. Not that a person should give up their rights, but there are polite methods to do so without compromising their moral standing.
Therefore, it is everyone’s responsibility to make every effort to reconcile brothers, friends, and people who are in conflict, rather than fostering the spirit of disagreement, spreading negative ideas, and creating an endless series of lies or misleading hypothesis that increase social tension and division. Keep in mind that tolerance is very important in making our societies strong and cohesive, and losing this quality has consequences for the individual first and society second.
We should help and support one another by offering advice and making it our goal to bring people’s points of view closer and solve issues through conversation. All this will lead to fostering an atmosphere of harmony and friendship in our societies.
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