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Creating Inner Peace – Acceptance of People’s Differences

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Are their divisive topics that you’ve been able to escape?

I was also taught to respect people having different beliefs. My Mom was Catholic, but she had many friends who were Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Protestant, Baptist, Mormon, Lutheran, etc. And my Dad seemed to accept people without religious beliefs as easily as those who did. So, early on I was taught diversity and tolerance. Which is pretty big when we consider that most wars are caused by intolerance. An entire topic for argument was never introduced into my life. Politics was another hot topic that my parents never engaged in divisive debates regarding. They were interested in it and discussed it, but didn’t argue or complain about political news items. Isn’t it great when we’re not taught to fight over them in the first place.

Creating Inner Peace – Many Cultures

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How diverse was your cultural upbringing? What other cultures have you been introduced to in times of fun and festivity?

Early on I was taught an appreciation for many cultures. Some group my Mom was associated with during my seventh Christmas decided to have an event sharing “Christmas Customs from Many Lands.” There’s a newspaper picture of six of us children dressed in costumes. I’m not sure why I was dressed as a Dutch girl, since my family’s background was German, Scotch, Irish, English. But Spain, Greece and Italy were also represented. Other cultural events during my childhood revolved around food and dance. There were Indian dances, Mexican festivals, a Greek food festival. Also, a cousin married into an Italian family. Lots of events occur in a huge Italian family.