In this article we are introducing a new character to our reading experience. That character’s name is Catharsis. Eventually we will be providing a listening experience as well when we produce podcasts from the many articles that will be written.

Catharsis is an interesting character for sure. He is often not always "politically correct," and can often downright irritate people with his demeanor. Addison and Catharsis have known each other for a long time and they feel it will be quite interesting to work together in this venue. Their personalities are different and will serve to play off each other nicely to bring out various levels of the things being discussed. So, let’s give them the opportunity and see where it goes. Please give them a warm welcome. (clapping)

Addison: Greetings to those of you who happen to be reading this latest addition to The 5th Way Community website. The topic today is acceptance. Joining me in this creative endeavor is Catharsis. Now would be an appropriate time for you to introduce yourself, Catharsis.

Catharsis: It is good to be here Addison, and thank you for inviting me along on this adventure. Hello readers! Addison and I go back a long ways. Let me scroll up to see what the topic is for today…ah, yes, acceptance. I accept to discuss acceptance. Now what else is there to discuss on this topic, Addison?

Addison: Before we actually start into the assigned topic, let me suggest some "ground rules" for these joint discussions.

Catharsis: Addison you know I don’t like rules! I play by my own tune and always have. Living within someone else’s rules always feels too claustrophobic to me.

Addison: The rules will not be that constricting and they are required to meet the FCC guidelines, as well as the site guidelines, on appropriate language used…as well as to help keep certain emotions within reasonable bounds…so as not to overly offend our readers and guests. Besides, if you do not follow the basic guidelines the administrative team will edit out certain words and may prematurely put our working relationship to an end.

Catharsis: You know me all too well, Addison. I accept the working relationship with the basic guidelines as you have submitted to me in the interest of not letting you have all the fun. With the guidelines as they are, I still have plenty of leeway to annoy, frustrate, confuse, irritate, challenge and play the Devil’s Advocate with any guests we may have on.

Addison: With that being said, let’s dive right into acceptance. Let’s define this word before we actually get into the discussion. Acceptance can be defined as the following: 1) the quality or state of being accepted or acceptable; 2) the act of accepting: the fact of being accepted: approval.

Catharsis: While I find that definition acceptable, Addison, can’t we give it a little more depth?

Addison: Sure we can. Let’s take the word accept and we get the following: to receive willingly; to give admittance or approval to; to endure without protest or reaction; to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable; to recognize as true; to regard as having a certain meaning; etc. And if we look into the thesaurus we have the following: bear with, endure, tolerate, agree to,…

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