People: Accept them. Tolerate them.

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There are two things I feel like a lot of people lack, including myself sometimes. Acceptance and Tolerance.

Imagine that you're walking down the halls at school, and think about all the people that pass by. How often do you see someone, and the first thought that goes through your head is one of the following: "She's such a slut", "I hate him","That girl is so weird", "He's a jerk".

Everyone does this. And usually you can't control your thoughts. But the thing I don't understand is why people have to be so judgemental and hateful. I don't understand why people can't accept people for who they are, or at least tolerate the people they don't particularly like.

Neither one of these is that hard. Tolerance can be as simple as turning the other way when you see someone that you don't get along with, instead of staring them down and giving them a nasty look. Acceptance can be as simple as showing the new kid where their next class is, even if they seem quite different from you.

I know this sounds cliche and corny, but everyone is beautiful and special in their own unquie way. God made everyone exactly as he planned for them to be. Plus, in the bible it says God created man in the image of Himself. Therefore if you are critizing how another man [or woman] looks or acts, you are critizing God.

Of course, people don't always act as God wants them to, but that would be a whole different blog topic. All I'm trying to say is we should try to accept people despite their flaws, because we all have many and we don't want ot,hers to judge us because of our flaws.

Making fun of people and putting them down because they have a quality about them that you don't like isn't going to make them change. The only thing it's going to do is hurt their feelings and make them hate you. Which brings me to my next point.

I'm not trying to say you have to like everyone and be friends with everyone. That is nearly impossible for most people. But you can at least tolerate people. When you come in contact with someone you can't stand, you don't necessarily have to start going off on them and treating them like garbage. All you have to do is put your hatred aside for a few moments until they are gone.

I have friends that practically hate each other and they show it by treating each other wrongly and it kills me inside. Why can't they just just get along, or at least be semi nice to each other?

I can't solve the world's problems or change the people of this world. But I can ask who ever is reading this to accept and tolerate people that are different from you. Show a little love,  and maybe we can slowly turn this world into a better place.. <3