Accepting Others

Accepting others as they are might seem an easy task to carry out. But...is it really? Easier said than done. When you find yourself in a situation where somebody else challenges your opinion or belief, where another behaves in a way that displeases, hurts or offends you, can you willingly accept their words or actions? Can you convince yourself that they, too, have the right to express themselves as they prefer? The fact is that you (like everybody else) have created an imaginary world where all goes according to your wishes. But it is just this, "imaginary". It does not correspond to reality. The real world is what it is, people are what they are, independently from your utopian mental realm.