Quarantine has brought us boundaries in a new way. From a toddler, boundaries are one of the things that we learn to recognize and respect. We learn and later teach what lines should not be crossed. With the close quarters that we’ve had to live in lately, means we must not only recognize the line but also reconcile. In this day and age, where people can pick up, leave and walk away at any time, walk out on a conversation or fight as it means to diffuse or ignore a situation, have lost their hall pass.
Now we have to learn to do something we have forgotten—tolerance with respect and patience without being patronizing. We are heading back to class to relearn the wisdom of knowing when to speak and when to keep our mouth shut. We are being forced to accept the impact of our differences with grace and sometimes do it with mercy. God has made each of us different for a reason, so for now, we have to roll with it.
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