Respect is really about what we admire in the world and in people. People tend to admire things that they want. For example, if you want to be beautiful you will respect beauty. If you respect women, you will treat them with kindness and love. What we want tells a lot about who we are. And, of course, in modern society money is coveted and admired by all.
The reason for respect is that you can more likely get things that you respect. If you do not respect money, you will never have it. If you do not respect beauty, you will let yourself go. What we respect is a clue to what we want in life.
Many people that are trying to attract good things into their life have one major flaw. They do not respect what the seek. For example, if you do not respect wealthy people, you are not going to ever be a wealthy person. Your own values and brain will sabotage your efforts. You need to show respect for things that you want. Respecting good things will bring more good into your life.
Society, through marketing, infuses value systems into the hearts of the masses. Much of what we respect most, is often taught to us through a television. Much of the values people respect do not produce happiness. People strive harder than ever to achieve more and more and yet their lives become more barren as their lives speed up to a frantic pace.
The great hold upon people is the desire for respect and admiration by others. Why? People need friends and to feel loved. If you are constantly rejected by people it hurts? So, we get two kinds of people. Those that reject societal values and stand alone and those that buy into the systematic values. Those that reject societal values have a very hard time with people and life. Those that buy into the system are rewarded. In the end, both camps of people are somewhat unhappy because the truest way to happiness would be to have complete solidarity with values that are grounded in love and kindness.
When the love of money waxes strong...