Timely post on respect, as I have have been grappling with it the past couple of days:
Self-respect: if you don't have it, you don't know what it looks like when you try to give respect to others thoughts and actions.
Respect: Kind of goes hand in hand with the realization that you control no one but yourself and your actions, don't you think? When you can realize that, the ability to disagree, but respect someone's opinion comes easier. Respect for who the person is, not what they mean in you own life or how they affect your life.
I think many of us here were/are dealing with control issues, seems to underlie our themes. If we always want to control everything, that is not having respect for others abilities.
