Clutch the Pearls as “Beggars, Tramps, Queers and Fallen Women” Take To the Streets

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6 responses to “Clutch the Pearls as “Beggars, Tramps, Queers and Fallen Women” Take To the Streets”

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   June 30, 2018

   elle

   I need to give myself a break. I think that I deserve more tolerance and forgiveness than I afford myself. I think I will then be more tolerant of others. I find myself nitpicking and critiquing quite often, casting a kind of quiet judgement on others. It is so unhelpful!!! It also gets me down. I didn{t hear from someone that I would like to be communicating with and I fell into a bit of a shame spiral today, but then ‘ I picked myself up quite quickly and realized that it is very normal to feel rejected and let down, and I can understand feelings of rejection as being a part of the human condition. I am not exempt from feeling rejected and disappointed, much as I might like to be. In fact, feeling rejected and disappointment is actually something that gives me strength in my humanity and reminds me that I am human.

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   June 29, 2018

   Simon Yebio

   ToDay at work I had to listen to my supervisor speak at me with accusations and things that were told to her by a co-worker of mine. Though thosr things were not fully accurate I sat there calmly and open and just listened without responding. later I got a phone call and things changed my perception. so I’m glad I didn’t respond react and I just responded instead tolerance comes in many different forms

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   September 30, 2012

   Adam

   I have to still “tolerate” a lot every day so one example is difficult to pull out of the air. I pretty much stick with my response months ago. Toleration is a painful thing as that means I already have a resentment about something and am keeping my mouth shut. Keeping my mouth shut is a good thing in most of these circumstances, but then I have this unspoken resentment. So I need to deal with resentments so I don’t reach the point that I have to tolerate as much.

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4. 

   June 30, 2012

   easy does it

   When I get angry with someone i think the best thing
   Maybe is to try to walk in their shoes
   God knows ive needed people to walk in mine Lol

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5. 

   June 30, 2012

   Margot E.

   I consider myself to be a “tolerant” person and yet I continue to get called out for narrow thinking, doing, and saying. There are people I try to understand – especially those who do not “tolerate” me. I find myself in meetings taking other peoples’ inventories. I have to step back, call myself out, and figure out what’s going on with me that I chose to step out of my own life and into someone else’s. It’s usually all about pain. I have no doubt we are all sometimes in pain. The compassion you spoke of is right on! Compassion and the presumption of goodwill.

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6. 

   June 30, 2012

   Adam

   I tolerate people every day because I’m angry more than I should be. Bad drivers, too many people, annoying people at work, annoying people who don’t communicate what they want, or they over-communicate things I don’t care about. But it isn’t just about me. And is tolerance really enough? I do it just like others do. But isn’t there already a problem if we have to tolerate? This means that something or someone is already a problem for us. Maybe the goal is to be compassionate, not just to tolerate. I wish my goal to be more compassionate so I need to tolerate less.

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