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Respect....
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Respect.... I"m not sure why the word "respect" came into my mind tonight, but it did. with that i started to think about what i was taught by my parents about respect. unlike a lot of households mine wasn't one that just because someone was older then you, you had to show them respect. sure that y'all know the old saying "respect your elders" yeah that didn't happen in my house with the exception of mom & dad but hey they were mom and dad. at a very young age my brother and myself were taught that respect was something that you earned, no matter your age. growing up i feel that i had a lot of respect for both of my parents and i believe that i held that same respect for them both until their passing. for those that read this and know me personally (ie outside of the internet world) know that i am the type of person that would give the shirt off my back to help a friend out, i trust people far to easily, and i try my best to respect the people around me. well that is until that respect is lost. i guess that you could say that everyone i encounter whether it is online or in real life automatically gets a certain amount of respect from me. for me though it is a worse thing if you loose my respect then if you loose my trust. mind you loosing my trust is never a good thing, but i have found myself more easily able to forgive one that looses my trust then one that i have lost respect for. there are people in this world that will have my respect until my dying day. the first group of those people would be the members of the armed forces. yes i am sure that you are thinking well why them, i don't know 99.58% of them either via online contact or personally so why would this person give them that much respect. well the reason for this is that these are the men and women that are giving their lives so i can live freely. they are the reason that i am able to respect everyone else. to me they are deserving of my respect until my last breath and this is something that will never change. i also have a few great uncles that i will respect til my dying day and a few great aunts as well (even though they have already passed away), along with my grandparents who will always have respect as well. because i am the type of person that i am, i put a very high value on the people that i call my friends. there are a few of them over the years that i have forgiven for things that most wouldn't have forgiven. until recently only 1 person that has entered my life in the last 7 years has been on the verge of loosing my respect. it is weird my head tells me that i need to get his side of the story. because i know that i can jump to some conclusions with things, i have done it before. my heart is telling me that he is no longer someone that i should respect or give the time of day to because of all the hurt that he has done to our friendship over the years. but on another note i would love to find out what other people feel about respect and how they were raised to use it (i guess that is the best way to phrase that) |
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your blogs are very thoughtful, shoot me an email sometime we will have to hang
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