I have never understood this word "Respect". What does it mean? I have looked through the dictionary and I see that it interprets respect as : # A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem. # The state of being regarded with honor or esteem.
# Willingness to show consideration or appreciation # To refrain from intruding upon or interfering with...
I understand being appreciative, and non interference. I do no understand Honor. Probably, I should try and find the meaning of Honor..got it..Honor: honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions..yes I understand it now..
I understand what does it mean by saying that I respect this person and I don't respect that person. Do not take me wrong...dont misunderstand me by thinking that till date I have never understood the word respect or honor...I think they are the building blocks of ANY relationship.
But what I honestly do not understand is how can someone tell me "You should respect this person because I am respecting him". Now , this is something I cannot comprehend. What will make me respect a person honestly and truly would come from within myself and my mind, no one can force me to respect a person just because s/he is holding a high post ( I would respect the post and give the person the benefit of doubt by thinking that s/he has come here only cos they must have got something in them..but respecting the PERSON just because he holds the post doesn't cut ice with me) similarly, Do not expect me to respect a person only because s/he is old. I understand that the person has AGE and Experience behind him/her, but why should I respect that Age/Experience. What has this person done to achieve that Age or experience? Nothing! Everyone grows old and it is not an accomplishment by itself. Every person is subject to situations like it or not so, here again, it is not the individual who chose that "today I shall experience this and not this". Yeah, how the person comes out of the situation and what has the person learnt are more important to me. So, I would rather respect the learnings out of the lives than the mere age or experience factor.
From the learning, comes respect for the person. Well, in a few words... I need a Reason to respect a person...and a solid one at that.
Respecting someone's ideas is good with me, respecting someone's behavior is good too..but respecting someone who is authoritative and makes life miserable for everyone around...IS NOT. And even if you force me to do that, I would be merely acting and not truly feeling it. Even though that may satisfy the momentary need ( which is good with me), it will only increase my frustration levels and eventually turn into hatred.
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Growing old is mandatory, Growing up is up to you!!! :-)
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