Y'know?

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Narendra at work, that oh-so-very-proper Hindu Jain that educates me daily on his faith, never bats an eye at my missteps and even forgives me at Thanksgiving for the turkey on my holiday table? (His temple holds services on that day for all the turkeys that were killed for thanksgiving dinners - yes, they do. I thank him for it every year. We both know that's not what the purpose of it is for, but my turkey was delicious and I appreciate the effort he goes through on its behalf.)

Narendra gave me a "Merry Christmas" Christmas card this week. Not a Happy Holidays card.

He knows.

And if it's okay with him? I can make a meal for him that meets his diet plan once a year. (No meat of any kind, no onions or garlic, nothing that grows below ground. Go.)

And listen. I tell you, the holidays they do are something else - wonderful and plentiful!

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What I saw in your post was mutual respect, mutual respect for each others faith. We all go through life trying to understand, and there are a few people who do, a few people who think. Humans have yet to become enlightened being and they are not perfect, but human beings can strive to give some degree of understanding of others. It is those who criticize who are far from enlightened, because they fail to see, the miss the details because their vision is of black and white, not the limitless spectrum of color. I'm far from perfect, but I try to respect my friends, be they Christian, Fundimentalist Christian, Coptic, Muslim, Buddhists, Jewish, Bahai, Agnostics, or Atheists (and that just about covers my workplace). Tis the season for understanding, and as you said, he knows.