"The definition of tolerance is simple. Live and let live. You live your life and I will live mine."
This quote was given by a speaker at a conference I attended in October of this year. As I listened to the utterance of the words above, I found myself almost mesmerized that this was an option for living. Live and let live? Really?
Is this truly how we are meant to live?
Or are we called to do so much more than this?
I understand this concept when it comes to condemnation. I absolutely do not see how it is my place to condemn anyone for his or her words or actions. But to simply live and let live? To essentially exist without focusing on interaction and engagement? To remove the intermingling of our lives so that we may just exist rather than push each other toward goodness, nay, greatness...
I believe tolerance is the wrong idea.
But what do we replace it with?
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