Intolerance

Have you ever noticed, how intolerant we are of others? Intolerant at various levels. Why do we look for similarities when we meet people? Why do we gel better with people who share interests with us? Have you ever wondered why you feel happier or more secure around a person who is ‘a lot like you’ in many ways? Even if you are really dissimilar there must be that one thing that binds you together- like say reading books. You and I can have totally different interest areas and hobbies or for that matter even opposed attitudes, be we still like each other because we connect at a certain level.

But why is that important? Why do we accept or reject people on the basis of some self created biased ‘connection’?

I was giving this very phenomena a thought. Isn’t this intolerance of some kind?

Why can’t we just accept people without preconceived biases?