The meaning of respect
The quality I admire most in a person is respect.
I believe to respect a person it means no matter what
their beliefs are, or what decisions they decide
to make, always show them courtesy and never be
judgmental in their decision making.
We all need and deserve to be respected. To
respect someone means to esteem or to honor them.
Respect is a word that is often misunderstood. Many
people think of respect as fear. Others find respect
to be a form of submission. Respect is none of these
things. Respect is not even properly defined by
Webster. Respect is honesty,open and worthy honesty.
Resect is understanding and acknowledging the rights
of someone else to have their beliefs. Respect in some
cases must first involve love.
Webster's definition of
respect only covers things that deserve respect.
Esteem and honor are things that cause one person to
respect another. Esteem is when someone is placed in
high regard. Esteem comes when someone has done good
acts. Esteem comes from honor. Honor is as
misunderstood as respect. One with honor keeps all
promises, or practically dies trying. One with honor
has the ability to admit when they are wrong. One with
honor has their priorities set, and their beliefs
strong. They have their heart open to change. One with
honor knows when to fight and when to run.
There are some people that we do not like, but
claim to respect. This claim cannot be true unless one
is able to openly tell the person that they respect,
exactly how they feel about them. Without telling the
truth, respect...