TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY

 

Tolerance means forbearance or putting up things. In other words, it means accepting other people's opinions and preferences. Tolerance is an important concept, essential for individuals to live peacefully in today’s world which is full of conflicts and a lack of patience in people. Tolerance not only helps people to live peacefully but also assists people regarding the better understanding of the world, by listening to each other opinions, ideas and thoughts. Tolerance is also about accepting the value, traditions, culture, religions of each other. In more plain terms, tolerance means accepting the people as they are, not the way we want them to be.

In today’s world, everyone is in hurry. This haste and lack of empathy towards others create intolerance in society. Thus we face unpleasant or rather worst outcomes in the form of fight and war. For being tolerant we must have to be patient listeners, respect others' views if they are wrong or disagreeable.

Tolerance does not mean that only one party or individual show patients and accepts other opinions, whereas another party does not. Rather it means patient and respect should be shown from both sides. Both parties should pay attention to the problem. In order to get a positive outcome.

Today people are living in a diverse society. People of different ethnic groups, cultures, civilizations, languages, and religions live together and work together. Today, the world has shrunk due to globalization and term as a global village. Therefore now promoting and establishing tolerance become more important than in the past. So, the dire need of the time is to accept the people as they are.

In this challenging time, it’s difficult to accept and respect others' views that are different from yours. No one is willing to compromise with his/her goals, everyone wants to be right and everyone wants that people agree with him or her. Especially about the topic which is near and dear to our hearts. At the end of the day, it becomes the cause of conflict between two parties. Which disturbs social life and social relations. Along with social life, it causes many physical and mental issues like stress and anxiety. Due to stress and anxiety peoples starts abstaining from sharing their problems with each other and they carry the heavy burden of stress in their heart. Becoming more tolerant is not an easy job. It needs a lot of effort. It takes efforts to have sympathy for beliefs or practices that do not match your belief and practices.

To sum up it all, tolerance is needed in all stages of life. Because it plays an important role in the establishment of peace in society, love, and unity among individuals. Lack of tolerance can lead to conflicts, chaos, and violence that destroy the peace of society. Intolerance hollows states and adds fuel to the fire of incompatibilities. It makes differences a curse while differences are blessings, for they represent variety which is the beauty of worldly life.