Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

— Arthur Helps

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Getting along with people who agree with you demonstrates nothing. The measure is what happens with the person whose beliefs you find genuinely wrong, whether they still get a fair hearing, safety and the same rules. Any group can be gracious inside its own boundaries; the difficulty starts exactly where the sympathy stops. That edge is where a community shows what it is actually built on.

Think of the person or group you find hardest to be fair to. Extend them the same standard you would want extended to you, this week, in some small and concrete way.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Whose way of living tests your patience more than it should?

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