Respect is something which should be automatically given

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Respect is something which should be automatically given

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Respect is something which should be automatically given

Respect is something which should be automatically given versus something which needs to be earned. To give respect says something about yourself. If you give someone your respect, that's like saying you want the same in return or that it's in your nature to be respective of others, or that it is something you learned from your environment. If you are rude to someone that's saying something about your character as being flawed, which can be corrected.

Should a rude person be respected? Yes, but not encouraged, just because they are rude doesn't exempt them from being respected. They should be asked why they are being rude. This question will stop them in their tracks. Rudeness can be forgiven and cured, but respect will stay with them for a lifetime, if they respect respect.

Rudeness stems from something learned, such as behavior. One learns how to be rude upon witnessing it, or experimenting with rude behavior. Anger differs from rude behavior, in that anger creates natural reaction, where as rude behavior is deliberate.

Respect that is earned is great, but it is expected. It would seem better to gain the respect from others through their own voluntary will to do so, upon knowing your character and how well you treat others, rather than exalt you with their respect for your earning your way up the corporal letter of success, through your own self-respect to do so, which seems to be the more important thing versus the respect of others.

Respecting others is either learned from the home environment first or from being influenced by others. To learn respect from the home environment influences one to respect their selves first. One must learn to respect themselves first, which simply means to be true to yourself, love, accept, and respect yourself, so others can respect you too.

To give respect to others is like saying I accept you for who you are and how you represent yourself to others.

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Re: Respect is something which should be automatically given

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mensa-maniac wrote:If you are rude to someone that's saying something about your character as being flawed, which can be corrected.
Yes...it's easy to be rude...hard to turn it around and be compassionate when someone is rude to you . _/\_
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