Wow, twenty days already? I'm so proud of myself! :D
Anyway, the theme of today, brought to you by Kaitlyn, is tolerance! We talked a little about tolerance in my discipleship lunch today. Basically, in discipleship, we talk about some hard topics of Christianity and work through them so that we're comfortable and can even explain our views to others if the opportunity arises. Anyway, today our main topic was sin, but we got a little sidetracked because apparently Richard Dawkins (a hardcore atheist) came to Rice sometime last week. We got to talking about how people can still be friends but hold different viewpoints, and that sat in the back of my mind for a while.
Okay, well, after telling you all of that, this post isn't really all that serious. I have an awesome friend named Olivia who is a Justin Bieber fan. I, really, am not a Justin Bieber fan. It's just not my kind of music, and I'm not a huge fan of his voice. Also, the pictures of him with Selena Gomez during their vacation in Hawaii was a bit too much for me (he's seventeen, for goodness sakes). I am a huge fan of Taylor Swift (duh, you should know this by now :D). Olivia does not like T Swift. We can agree to disagree, right?
Well, we got into a discussion about both artists, and Olivia started sending me videos of the Biebs. I was like, yeah yeah, I've heard all this before, whatever. But then she sent me this one.
In the first thirty seconds, I was like ugh, come on. She's four. Let's not be Twihards, please. But then, when she was asked why she loved Justin Bieber and she responded "because I know he loves me back," I lost it. I'm sorry. It was so sweet! So I gave the video a chance, and I have to give some props to J Biebs. I love Taylor Swift because she's so real and comfortable with herself, and she takes the time to thank her fans. So, why then do I dislike Justin Bieber? Good question. Upon further thinking, I realized that maybe I didn't give him a great chance. Yeah, I know that Taylor Swift isn't the greatest singer in the world. Neither is Justin Bieber. But should I dislike him because of some preconceived notions I had of him? No. I'm not saying that I'm in love with him. I have most certainly not caught the "Bieber Fever." I am, however, going to be more respectful and tolerant of him. After all, he's just living his dream, just as I said Taylor Swift was doing.
I'm going to swallow my pride now: Good job, Justin. Good job.
Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.
Tom Hannah
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