QOTW 5/1

Okay.....

IMAGINE a big question mark to the left of the page here since I'm not being 'allowed' to upload one at the moment. (silly blogger...........)

How tolerant are you?
What do you find yourself having lots of patience with?

Tolerant: tolerate the beliefs, practices, or traits of others;
(tolerate: To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit.
To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others).
To put up with; endure.)

There's a grave difference, for me, between putting up with/enduring and respecting and recognizing. I can put up with a whole lot of things--but I might not respect those things and the odds are I'm not going to respect being asked TO tolerate them.
If it's a simple 'respecting beliefs, practice and traits of others'--I'm pretty tolerant. I'm one who likes to celebrate differences--if we all were 'the same' a whole lot of us would be 'unnecessary'...LOL
I become unwilling to tolerate things that I 'know' are harmful or simply 'wrong'.

I've developed a whole lot of patience with human beings. LOL
I am not 'naturally' a patient person.
And I'm not exactly what one would call a 'people person'. I understand there's a purpose for human beings.....LOL..I simply don't relate to whatever logic there is behind that. Let's all remember I AM an alien and I like it that way. ;-)

What do I find myself having lots of patience with right now?
The unfinished basement rennovation.
Rain, for the third day in a row.
My boss. LOL Bless his heart (literally!).
The Brit--who's THE most neurotic person I know. *shaking head* I'm thinkin' G-d finds it particularly funny to hitch me up with a neurotic person FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! (g'head and laugh.......I'm sure G-d is..)
And noisy neighbors.

HOW long I'll maintain this level of patience is up for grabs. The day's still young! LOL