About Respect
Respect according to me, is the single most important trait in development in your life and in life itself. It is the cornerstone to anything and everything. Yet I see how this simple thing is fading away in our modern societies, and I personally feel that this is why we have so many problems at this point of time.
Now, I’m not going to give the “official” dictionary definitions here, that you can go and research if you do not know what Respect is yet.
Respect is one of the easiest things give and yet everything around us seems to influence how we view respect. Respect can be as simple as just greeting someone when you pass them by. This simple gesture makes them feel worthy, that some stranger greeted them for no reason. This gives them some worth in this vast world, and for all you know, that might have been the thing that made them appreciate the day. Couple this with a simple smile, and you have just showed respect to that random stranger.
The home is the first place one learns the concept of respect, or it should be … In modern societies these days, it seems that there is no respect in the most homes. Spouses are fighting, children and parents are on their mobile devices most of the time and no communication exist. People have started living apart, although under the same roof. Children learn what they see, and if they see that it is okay to speak to one another in fighting manner, this is how they will perceive normal communication. This will carry over to their inter-personal skills later on in life … and that is to be disrespectful to those around them, as this is what they know normal to be. I would go as far as to say that the “I” mentality is the ruler of the modern household, and most of the times the children are left on their own to do whatever they please with no form of discipline. “I had a hard day at work. I just want to unwind. I want to be left alone I want to see what happened on my social media timeline” Switch on the TV ... look at the mobile screen instead ... and forget.
Yet one can rather spend that time with your little one … They had a day of adventure to you know!
Remember the above part about greeting that random stranger? Try that with your little one and ask them how THEIR day was and really listen! Now you just gave that little one SELF WORTH! You just started the cycle of instilling a sense of respect in that young one’s mind. You have now become the teacher and not that other person in the house. You are now the child’s mentor.
Before you can come to this though, you need to respect yourself and know your own inner self. Respect starts with self-respect and self-worth. Learn this, and respect for everything around you will come naturally.
Respect towards your own surroundings and nature is just as important, if not more! This earth is our Mother, and we should show our respect as such. Go out often to some place in nature, take of your shoes and feel the earth beneath your feet. Breath the air. Know that the earth you are standing on and the air that you are breathing are ancient. You are but a speck of life standing on it, and that you will return to it one day ... and yet, the earth that you are standing on, will still be here, like she has been for millennia.
This is in everyone. It has always been this way. We have just become too distracted by the nice shiny things around us and the mesmerizing colours on the screens in our hands that are robbing our attention away from the things that really matter
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