As the human species ages through time, the necessity to accept others as they are is yet an issue. Despite the innumerable quantity of attempts already made to impose the habit of tolerance to people, they keep on developing a certain invulnerability to it. However, in order to establish an orderly civilized society, we need to accept others as they are to live in peace under the same equivalent standards. Traits such as personality, attitude, beliefs, physical appearance and religion play a major role in how we distinguish those with whom we rather group up with.
Personality goes a long way when it comes down to accepting individuals; however, a cover can oftentimes hide a person’s true colors. It is important that we learn how to respect people even when we do not like the way they carry themselves or react in a specific situation.
In a modern era where religions, political parties are abundant, the prototype set of morals are virtually non-existent. A person’s beliefs should be respected and never intended to change. As open-minded free spirits, it is unavoidable that people unfold different attitudes about certain issues.
Judging books by their covers can be deceiving, but how about judging people by their appearance? Appearances have little to do with a person’s inner essence and are completely irrelevant to the being’s mindset. We were all created differently so that individual identification was possible. We can learn unthinkable things from different perspectives! You have nothing to lose and, again, acceptance is the key to understanding. It is always said and i strongly believe that you cannot love a person truly unless you accept and appreciate the person for what he or she is. As Karen Casey beautifully words it - "Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood." This ofcourse is a very tuff and honestly a little hurting one too... but in the course of time, the relationship turns out to be very beautiful, closely held and a matured one.
Attitude is also a trait we tend to notice in individuals. Their attitudes towards issues of our interests can greatly influence our perception of their personas, altering one or more of the feelings we will eventually develop for them in the future.
Due to the extremity to which individuality extends, it is impossible not to differ from others in terms of beliefs; however, acceptance is essential when complete understanding is expected. Attitude does not necessarily have to be accepted; nevertheless, it is important that we understand the reason for such attitude in order to fairly judge it. It is not fair for an individual to not be taken into consideration just because his or her looks are not appealing to the arbiter. Because trying to understand does not hurt anyone, if you are successful then you can proudly say you are a tolerant person. In the other hand, if the person’s behavior is somehow annoying and nerve wrecking to you, you may choose to stay away, especially when the person is not essential to your life’s functioning.
Accepting others as they fully are will make of this world a better place if you look at it from both the big and small picture since it will take you a step further in accepting yourself as well is my humble opinion.
