If we do not operate by this standard, we demean and dismiss others according to our own prejudices.
What goes around comes around. In other words, if we want to be respected, we must respect others. If we don’t give respect, we won’t get it either. Respect is not something that is to be demanded, it must be earned.
I read these following lines that touched my soul and made me realize how we take few people in our lives for granted… These few lines changed the way I think of the people I have been blessed with and the way I treat them.
I decided to share with my all friends, these few lines and hope it would touch your heart as well:
Think of all the people with whom you come into regular contact – family, friends, customers, clients, colleagues. They all touch your life in some unique or special way. How many of these people know that you respect them for what they do and who they are? You may admire them, but have you said so? Tell them. Show them. Give them the respect they deserve. Make your respect for them tangible. It’s what makes the world go around.
Ever notice that the
people you automatically respect from the start, you usually find out they
think highly of you too? Maybe its the fact that our body language clearly
tells the other person what we think of them. The pattern I've noticed is when
I meet someone who I automatically like they seem to be cynical of me at first
but I always without fail befriend them rapidly. The people who I don't like
from the start its a long and slow process, I slowly start gaining respect for
them and the same thing seems to happen on the other end. It usually takes a
few months for me to befriend people I don't respect from the start. The old
saying "it takes respect to get respect" coincides with my
experience. What about all of you?
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