R.E.S.P.E.C.T. spells Humanity
I’ve been meaning to write about this subject for some time now, that time is now. Recently I have personally been a victim of “ no respect”, you know what I’m talking about, some other person, human, thing got away with not respecting you, treating you with a superior or inferiority complex of some kind.
Rest in peace my fellow people, respect is something we give freely and unconditionally to whoever we meet or interact with on our quest for happiness. When you respect someone naturally, you have reached the pinnacle of human relations. The problem here is that some people understand it the other way around, or have conditions, or in many cases to higher up individuals or people they look up to, other than that they disrespect.
In many cases you find these not so respectful people putting on some kind of cover apparent to the onlookers or passerby’s. They put that strong, no bull face, my way or the highway kind, this is me cliche’, deal with it. Sorry pal, it ain’t really like that, today Im your victim tomorrow you fall prey to your own actions, by the bundle.
The respect you have for people irrelevant to their ethnicity or age, look or likeness levels say so much about you. You will trip a few times, but make it a habit. Remember we are a produce of our surroundings and upbringing, if those two were wrong it takes time to fix, you have all the time in the world, the sooner, the wiser you become!
Check out the following examples and tell me if you relate to some or all of them;
- The poor beggar that comes near you while you are talking to some respectful business people you are sucking upto, do you shoo him away or smile and say something sweet and decline his request or accept like you would to the dudes standing with you?
- The low paid cleaner that cleans the toilets, mops the floors at you office, and then cleans himself up and brings you a cup of hot coffee. How do you treat him when he is late with your drink in the morning? do you thank him when he delivers every day? do you look down on him? ask yourself.
- The business people sitting in a coffee shop trying to forge a relationship, one with money, one with ideas, is it the right of the money guy to walk out half way in a meeting? is it the right of the idea to think the money guy is just that, nothing more than a dumb ass and moves away from the talks without excusing himself or acting professionally?
- Do you agree with me that the police men and security guards that protect our lives from danger and keep the thieves away deserve some kind of respect instead of looking at them from the tip of your nose?
- The couple with an extrovert that speaks his mind and his introvert shy wife, is it right for him to raise his voice at her? push her around? demand respect while refusing to give it?dictates his way like his dad before him, is it? get a life loser!
- We all grow out of our parents arms eventually and come back one day grown ups taller and stronger than them. Do we give them their daily and never ending respect or do we fuss over smaller things older people go through? do we accept them in their old days as they accepted us in our younger ones and changed our diapers? do we respect them enough, then again is there enough for our parents?
- What happens when a young child spills your coffee on your lap in front of your guests at home one day? do you scream at her? slap her? tell her off? or respect her in front of society and smile at her telling her its ok darling go get me some tissues and continue talking? do you? look me in the eyes and say you do?
- What about the friends that really love you to death, do you take them for a granted ride? do you respect their views, their ideas, their recommendations? their honest opinions about you? start it today before they move on and leave you alone.
Respect is a never ending thing, you cannot live without it, you need it, you deserve it, do not put up with people who do not have it, or for that matter give it unconditionally. Respect is a given. Respect yourself first, then demand it, why not? you are a respectful individual that summons the highest degrees of respectful encounters and communication, long live the respectful many!
mamdooh.alradadi asking why on earth do people do the things they do and think they didn’t when confronted in Jeddah, 17th June, 2010
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