RESPECT WITHOUT DOMINANCE
OUR WORTHINESS TO DESERVE IT
SHOULD YOU BLINDLY RESPECT your elders, your government, your teachers, and your spiritual leaders ? What if these people weren’t behaving in a way that it will endanger respect ? What if they were flawed human beings who don’t practice what they preach, or who takes advantage of their position ? What if they don’t have the knowledge or insight truly necessary to lead and ” do the right thing ” ! What is respect ? It’s not something that you get just because you are put in a position—- after all, any system is prone to manipulation, be it voting for a political figure, getting a position of authority in a company that you deserve, or finding yourself in charge of something because there were just wasn’t anyone else around to takes care of it ! True respect, is a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities and achievements. What about if you earned respect because you chose to do the right thing, honor others, walk your talk and stay above the fury, even when you wanted to jump down into the mud with those who are taunting you ? What if you earned respect because you treated others with compassion and care, and remembered that, deep down, human beings are all wired with the same needs and concerned.
GAINING RESPECT IN OUR LIVES
IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO WANTS to be respected because you are deserving of respect based on your qualities, the following should be observe, VIZ :
- ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS :
- Just because you say you are a person of integrity or that you know what you are doing or that you care about people, does not makes it true. The adage ” talk is cheap ” applies here. Talk all you want, but it’s what you do that matters. And remember, people are watching: If you chose the wrong path and never admit your mistakes, or you try to protect those who have done wrong, you will dig a deeper hole to rise from when you are trying to earn respect. Do what you would do if your actions would be plastered on the front page of the newspaper.
- CRUEL, WEAKNESS NOT STRENGTH :
- There are those who are cruel to the ones who are perceived to be ” beneath ” them. It is easy to be cruel to a person or animal who has no chance to fight back or even the score. But exerting your power in this circumstances does not earn you respect; it shows you to be a weak individual who does not deserve respect. The truly powerful person subjugates themselves to those who are ” weaker. ”
- FAILURE OF ABILITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS- but qualities of characters stays with
- you for a lifetime. All things in life are transitional. The mighty will fall, you can’t take it with you, and nothing lasts forever. If you want to garner respect, do so when you are up, when you are down, and when you are in the middle. To be actually respected person, you don’t need trappings: ” you need the right actions. “
- TAKE THE HIGHER GROUND :
- It’s so much safer up there. In fact, so many people want to stay down at the lower levels and dukes it out to show their strength that when you take the higher grounds, you by definition, are someone to be looked up to !
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