PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF TOLERANCE

will try to use this blog as kind of diary to get my thoughts organised and leave a trace of my process and ideas. In contemporary UK, the theme of tolerance is intrinsically linked to politics as we witness the raging Brexit storm and its effects. Beyond politics, I am interested in the personal and “spiritual” aspects of tolerance, as well as its social repercussions.

Thought of the day:

I can be “head in the clouds”, absent-minded and chaotic, yet thinking about society, our political system and how quickly we tend to take for granted the essence of the society in which we live. In the caption, instead of “being British”, I probably should have written “feeling British” or feeling in harmony with a sense of Britishness”. As a French person, I’ve always been amazed at how accepting the Brits are. it’s a quality I’ve always found admirable and reassuring. Yet, I also feel it may be slightly eroding at the moment…

 

 

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