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Great post Toots :) While not always easy, I do try to follow the old motto of treat others as you would like to be treated. Being respectful is certainly important and maybe needed now more than ever with the polarizing climate running rampant in the online and real worlds. Your post is a good goal for everyone :)
Most of the time I do even when its hard an they don't me because its like this why not give them what u want an not lower your self to their level.
God Bless
You or I or Aretra, when we were 20 years old, did we respect as at this time? Were we so sensitive about respect? At least, wasn't me.
We all learned over time. And we will learn.
Let's give positive answers to the negatives.
Let's be the sun against the snow... the rainbow against the downpours.
Yes... Trust and Respect are the 2 most important ingredients in any relationship, even friends :)
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I do that all the time. For some people who aren't Christians, I hope people will not find this offensive, but I know there is a scripture which is the same as the question, "Do unto others as though you would want them to do unto you". Whenever I do meet people, I always give off that nice approach. When I'm interacting with people, I'm always pleasant & respectful to them. Unfortunately there are plenty of people who have either never been nurtured right nor at all by their parents or receiving some negative, nurturing by an outside source who is a bad influence for them to behave like dumbasses.
So even if you do treat others the way you would want to be treated back,... when you do encounter those people ( Trust me, you will. You always will ) unfortunately you won't be expecting that same treatment back. Unfortunately they have that stupid type of thought "I can do whatever the hell I want! To whom ever I want to & whenever I want".
Those are the type of people who were never disciplined & nurtured right. Some of them to which I once knew from high school & now especially around my age,... they are still like that. Some of them still think & act this way and in results to this... their criminals in the public eye, serving time in prison & considering they keep repeating their mistakes,... they won't change & are deeply proud of what they have became.
There are differing levels of showing respect. True respect is earned, over time as you get to know the person in question. You need to recognize lower levels of respect, such as when you have a new supervisor, you show a certain level of respect for the position, it needed to maintain the current chain of command, allowing for effective supervisor / employee relationships. There are other kinds of morally based respect, such as respect for your elders, which is an unwritten law of civilized societies.
But true respect, like trust, must be earned.
YES YES YES YES! and madonna also sang respect yourself first but she also said express yourself and then it will all just unfold or something? but yes - always try to understand the other person's point of reference and then communication will still be difficult but you will be on the right path. and treat everyone with dignity. because you are looking at something that God destined to be and Jesus saved. and the Universe sang it into being. and Mother Nature loves us all. so just try to be decent and it will save your soul. i love your posts! they rock!
Initially, always with respect to individuals, always giving the error of the doubt, although I have no qualms countering belligerence from a stranger I care little about with my own. :-D I enjoy it.
There's a certain point where I tend to put aside the Golden Rule and bring out the Golden Flamethrower because it can get a bit tiresome at times trying to be the bigger person, and I might have a mild insecurity about my gentle touch being confused as one absent any claws rather than one with claws deliberately retracted.
I'm not one incapable of hurting a fly; I choose not to do so. But if it keeps buzzing around me and pestering me while I'm trying to guide it out the window and it keeps flying back in, at some point I'm bringing out the fly swatter. And if it keeps evading the fly swatter I'm going after its entire family! I'll bring genocide and pain to the flies! But you know, mostly I try to let them out the window. :-D
I give everyone I meet their full measure of respect, right from the get go. Most people work extra hard to lose same said respect entirely as quickly as I give it. I don't do free re fills. I especially give the wee ones their respect I will say yes sir/ma'am no sir/ma'am to the smallest of children because they learn that way. You can't be upset at the next generation for not having respect if no one has ever given it to them
I'm a pretty friendly outgoing and honest person & yet I respect few people. Most of my colleagues, in fact, I neither respect or trust (yeah, pretty toxic it's why I'm looking for an out) as they've done nothing to earn either.
Of course. I treat everyone respectfully when I first meet them. Only when they do something to lose that respect do I treat them with less. Treat people how you'd wanna be treated, that's how I want to be.
To a F***ing fault. And I say that because I want to be treated like I am special to them in some way. So I will treat them like that and more. But then I am not that special to them or that my level is too much for them and they dont like that.
I was raised by my dad and grandparents and yes you give respect you should get respect
I am currently right now :) I'm talking with an older gentlemen and helping him open his drink :)
Yea I treat people with the same way they treat me. My dad taught me this saying and it stays with me. It is you don’t have to like your cousins but you must respect them. So I took that as you may not like the person but you must respect them. So I always shows a person respect even if they are rude to me
i respect everyone, even strangers not by choice cos I wish I could change but it's the way I am. I get respect from absolutely no one. talk about getting life wrong!
I try to but it's hard when their not respectful. 😊☹️
Depends on age and how they speak. I am very polite and "yes sir" to older rich men but uhhhh... That got me in trouble bc of dif country he's in LOL
Agreed, I am as considerate as possible. Yet, I know I overlook some areas.
Absolutely. It's my policy. Respect raises people up.
Respect is earned not giving.
Takes time to earn it also.
Similar to trust.
I treat each person I come across with respect and manners. Just depends if there the same back?
Yez since i was a teen and follow many other family values also not even intoxicated i loose my values. Only till someone tells me im drinking to much.
Always treat people how I would like to be treated... If they treat me any different I treat them accordingly
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