Teaching Tolerance

Hello everyone,
I have this article that I was thinking of for a few days, and I think it might offer a good advise to many people. Mohamed, I tried my best to avoid mistakes in spelling, grammar and language. If you find a mistake please correct it before you post my article on thewebsite. Also, if you think you can add or change something, do it, but remember, my article is mainly about teaching tolerance. Let me know ahead if you add/change contents.
Thanks.
Magdi

Teaching Tolerance

Life gets harder every day, violence escalates everywhere, hunger, starvation, torture,
killing, and misery haunts many as a result of all this. And the question arises : Why life is a mere suffering to mankind ? Man is the only civilized species on our planet, yet, still not civilized enough to attempt to put an end to life's man-made misery. As a matter of fact, the whole idea is ignored in this busy, fast running technology.

Something must be missing here, that can turn things the other way around, and make life better for everyone. Something that should be done at early age of childhood, and should be part of our educational program at school : Tolerance. A word that has a great meaning and a great effect as well.

Why when it comes for education the government puts all the efforts toward the budget only?
We don't hear much about changing or modifying the system, adding new curriculums such as a subject that teaches tolerance at school ? Is this hard to plan for ? No, it isn't !
It isn't at all if we bear in minds the end results that we badly need to maintain our goals to keep going in the right direction.

Teaching tolerance could be the most effective way to handle crisis and violent situations arise in our busy daily life, mainly, because of cultures, ethnicity, religious and ideology differences. What does it make different if you are black or white, or whatever color of hair, eyes, or skin complexion you have? It is what ideas you have in that brain of you that might need to be corrected after all. We could have saved many lives by ending violence using the non-violent attitudes, controlling anger, forgiving mistakes and forgetting uncomfortable situations.

Sometimes forgetting is the hardest thing to try to do, but believe me, give it time, change the situation, create an other atmosphere to divert the attention. Or even move out and away, and leave the whole situation behind. Think that there must be something that you have or the other party has missed, that led to the unreasonable situation. And think that you are acting better by stopping things from escalating toward harmful results to both parties.

Life is precious and useful, every life is precious, no matter what, and we have to maintain it that way. Forgive and try to forget. Seek help if you need, talk it out before you attempt to do some drastic action. No matter who you are, you always need someone to talk to and seek advice.

Let us work together to make life better for everyone.

Mohammed Magdi Elgadi
Los Angeles, California

USA