from Val 2 - Respecting Others - this is also done regardless of their actions. Respect is not earned, it is deserved. People love to think they are deserving of it.. and that is very true.... This I have to ponder on...I think there are levels of respect....yes, I have to think on this.
Why do you think their are levels? I'm not saying to respect their actions. I'm saying to respect that they are a person. Very different things.
I had to think so I would know what I think not just respond based on my emotion of the moment. A bit of a tangent-we should bring back the socratic method of education, at least in some small part.
And now after writing out my my definition of respect in a different post, I don't think there are levels of respect. There may be different kinds of respect but not degrees.
And you are right, we can still respect the person but not their actions.
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Originally Posted By: labug
and this, Give first - then you will receive. But if not - that is totally fine too.
What about this sentence makes you think?
I had to think because I was reading an expectation in there which clearly isn't there.
And that's part of the boundaries, emotional boundaries. If I don't receive respect from another, it says nothing about me and doesn't affect my "self."
Self-respect and self-esteem, are not increased or diminished by others but are built by us through our works.
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Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss