From what I can work out I come from a family of intolerant people. I do not mean that we are racists and bigots, no we are quite liberal in our thinking and accepting of most things. No what I mean is that we have a low tolerance for things that we do not find agreeable. Some of my relatives channel Roderick Usher and cannot stand the slightest of sounds for the briefest of moments, others Andrea Dworkin n and will launch into a tirade against the patriarchy if they hear even a syllable of sports talkback. Simply put, we do not like to be uncomfortable. We also have a tendency to denigrate that which we don't understand. If it makes no sense to us then it must be stupid and not worthy of our respect.
This is what I have been able to understand and find out from years of studying the behaviour of family members when I see them. Having enough sense to know that this is not a desirable characteristic for an individual to have I have been working hard to get rid of it. For the most part I have been successful, many things I don't agree with or understand now get an apathetic shrug, but there is one thing however that I can not shake.
That is my anger and annoyance at people who complain about things they can change but choose not to. No matter how hard I try I can not apathetically shrug and let it go.
I am not a go getter, and an objective look at my life and its current stage would suggest I am teetering on a failing grade. I know this and I am working slowly to fix it. This work may or not be successful, time will tell. I would like to think that they will.
I really should have thought of an example I could have used to illustrate my point.
Anyway, very few things in life are impossible.
