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~This Week's Spiritual Affirmation~

This week I will practice toward betterment of tolerance. This is no easy
matter in practice. we can truly believe ourselves tolerant of all others and
all things, but as finite human beings, intolerance will always be a part of
us. Otherwise, we would indeed be perfect. Not a state of which we're likely
to acquire in this life. Even with the best of practice in being spiritually
fit, and holding course toward a serene nature, intolerance is a lurker in
the shadows of our mind only awaiting a bad day or ill moment. it's there for
all of us, of course, more so of some than others; but there nonetheless. Our
best path then perhaps, is threefold. One in being aware of the humanistic
imperfection we all carry in intolerance of some natures, to varying degrees
as they may be. Two, when indeed our intolerance' s jump out at a rash moment's
notice before we're able to abstain from them, promptly apologize. It
matters not how the apology is received, the apology is but a part of our practice
in admitting our awareness that we've stumbled into letting intolerance
override the better part of our spiritual being. And three, practice in betterment
of ourselves in awareness of our lesser human natures, asking of God's
guidance, and accepting our finite role therein of our good stewardship over our
lesser natures. Practice reaps habit. In practice of the aforementioned toward
our intolerant natures, we may better reap the habit of acceptance ... of
all others ... and of all things. This is not a requiem for mistreatment, God
would not want us mistreated. We need stand rightly firm in the face of
mistreatment and take safeguarding action as called for. This practice applies to
but our own intolerance' s as they may be, and may manifest themselves, in our
own mistreatments. The more ground we may clear in our minds of intolerance,
the more ground we may open up in our hearts for love and peace.