Respect is reciprocal

26-1-2022
Wednesday
3:00 pm
#111

Respect is reciprocal. One must first respect oneself to earn the respect of others.

Respect means you respect yourself and you respect other people.

Respect is the foundation for a life well lived. Whether it’s respecting your parents, respecting your teachers or respecting the lines at Starbucks by not cutting in front of people - respect makes life easier.

If you want respect, you must show respect. If you want trust, you must be trustworthy. If you want acknowledgment, you must acknowledge others.

If someone shows you disrespect, you walk away and never look back. But if someone wants to change, show them the love instead of the hate.

Respect is like a battery, it is either charging or discharging. You can get respect if you are charged up, but if you are discharging, no one will pay you any mind. Respect is an emotional energy that directed outward creates a magnetic field of attraction.

Respect is something that everyone should have. No man, woman, or child should ever be disrespected. But unfortunately, some people don't know how to show respect to others. Or some may not realize that they are not respecting others.

It's very hard to respect someone who cannot respect themselves.

A person that respects themselves will treat others with respect. This is how you earn respect.

To respect a person because they are of color or of a certain ethnic background doesn't mean you really respect them.

We may respect people's accomplishments or their beliefs but if they disrespect themselves we cannot truly respect them.

If we are honest with ourselves we will agree the most violent people and the most violent neighborhoods we have ever witnessed are filled with people that disrespect themselves.

In my country, Children are always taught to respect their parents and elders. Parents try their best, but the rest is left to the children whether they want to be respected or not.

I don’t have kids, but I am going to have them one day. And hopefully, kids that respect their parents.

That may sound like a pretty basic thing to say, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard stories from people who have teenagers in their house who don’t respect them. Not hearing this as an issue doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

Further more;

Respect is a necessity, not a luxury. Learning to respect people is a skill you can learn. People aren't born with it. You can teach it to them. So how do you teach someone to respect others?

First and foremost, you have to be respectful. You have to treat people like human beings. Don't pass judgment and show others that you trust them. Show them what trust looks like. Don't give them a reason to disrespect you.

Second, help others to build their self-respect. Contrary to popular belief, what goes around doesn't always come around if you give respect but don't expect or receive it back because that's not how respect works. Instead, you should teach others what respect feels and looks like by being open and honest with them. Treat them with kindness and the kind of civility they deserve.

Respect is not the absence of differences, but the ability to embrace them.

Respect isn't what you say, it's what you do. It's not how you treat your friends, it's how you treat EVERYONE.

Closing thought:

Respect is a two-way street. If you expect it from others, you must also give it to them. If you don't like how people are treating you, then it's up to you to change the way you behave. Treat everyone in your life with the same respect that you expect from them.