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Allowances
Others’ opinions of you and your opinions of others are the cause of a great deal of unnecessary negative thinking. (All negative thinking is unnecessary, but the guilt, fear and resentment generated by opinions are particularly unnecessary.)
Learn in fact to relish the differences between people. Imagine how dull the world would be if we all thought, spoke and acted the same.
“It were not best we should all think alike,” ”It is the difference of opinion that makes horses race.”
Mark Twain
Applaud freedom wherever it may appear. Learn to praise
idiosyncrasies, the eccentricities, the quirks and the singularities of
others. It will help you praise your own.
It is not always easy making these allowances and it may seem idealistic to expect people to nurture the “difference” when in the past they have proven themselves unable to sanction any alternative to the norm. Giving up on the idealistic vision would be giving into the negativity that prevails between those who are consistently negative.
26 October 1996
