Friday Articles (Tolerance!)

 

Walking down the aisle with his bride, when the groom is asked by the priest "Do you Mark Usher agree to take Franca Riele as your beloved wife for better for worse, in wealth or dearth, in sickness or good health..... " I do becomes a strong statement and proclamation here. In this pledge lies a basic requirement which is commitment and being committed pertains to tolerance! He could ponder and cite her flaws, how her cooking skills is not as top notch as his ex - Choima, how clingy and possessive she's at times, the mood swings but if all groom and brides at their weddings decide to look into all their flaws, the mirth and riant ambiance will become at gloomy atmosphere. Firstly, the bride's mother will faint and other relatives will become dumbstruck and dissapointed hearing one of the to be joined say "I do not! " Awkward? Hilarious? Besides unity, all bonds and relationships needs tolerance!

        Tolerance is defined as the ability to endure pain or hardship, likened to endurance -  acceptance or patience with the opinions and  beliefs of others. You could claim to be disciplined, egoistic and eccentric yet at some point in life, when you sit to think you will realise that you once left your disciplined nature and ego to overlook acts that could have enraged you and accept that view you considered as less - and this is what we refer to as tolerance! 

         But for tolerance, there will be more death rates - conflicts will lead to commotion, commotion to crisis and crisis to casualties! Even in buses, during travels; one could encounter a sweaty passenger, a conductor whose vulgar words will seethe one, a passenger who keeps slumbering - your shoulder becoming the pillow. 

              Friendship! Ever sat and watch sheepishly while your bestie hype someone else without withdrawing that it might incur your wrath and when she spill the word "I wish Cynthia could be my friend too! ". What will be your response? 

                Courtship! Your to be groom claims to have met an old female friend today, talks about how they were once close. Well, you might be that kind of person who do not freak instantly but wait when he picks her calls in the middle of the night or he beam slightly, he tells you and you discover her message was the reason for the smile.!

               At times, Jide find it difficult to deal with his wife's excesses. She could ask for fifty thousand, he gives it and crazingly she yells, claiming that Jide ought to give her more, not the exact amont. Jide now finds Mama Nkechi's barjoint as his Haven - a place to recline and to be free from the yells! Well, there's still a way of escape. 

Ever watch a movie and see a friend advice another friend to file a divorce case to leave the other partner and you become and you become agog and enraged when you hear the one advised say "I can't leave Yinka! I can't! " amidst bruises on face (domestic violence!) 

 

 But for tolerance, many bonds will be forgotten yet tolerance is not stupidity and stupidity shouldn't be seen as tolerance! 

@Opemiplenty

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