text: please opine:  tolerance? dear friends, every day i hear some of you say "i'm broke, i can't afford giving charity."  and yet each day i also see how intolerant you are toward each other.  you forgive nothing; you set yourselves up as severe judges, not considering if you would like to be treated the same way.  but isn't tolerance a form of charity? (a guardian spirit - lyon 1861) taken from: the gospel explained by the spiritist doctrine compiled by allan kardec i think intolerance is based on jealousy. some people can't cope with the fact that i don't need them to be happy. yet, there they are wanting me to be there with them.  i don't see how tolerance can be charity if it's unwanted, but to make tolerance mandatory is.  you can't have it all, you have to do it with what you've got, because what you've got, some other person hasn't...be grateful for what you have, don't take it for granted.