Respect is a curious commodity to trade in. It is NOT always
seen the same way by two people, nor DO we always understand its comings and
goings within ourselves.
This is what I am thinking anyway…
Respect for different opinions, ways of living one’s Life,
work that is meaningful to one that wouldn’t hold any meaning for another, and
especially the thoughts of any human as their unique collection of BEliefs,
Ideas, and Convictions, are often thoughtlessly dismissed BEtween one and
another.
I think that for the large part of Life that was my
childhood, as well into my early adulthood, I thought about Respect NOT as
something shared with another but only what I gave or “performed” in my words
and actions.
A lot older and with more insight to draw upon, when I was
teaching the 1st to 4th grades, I made Respect one of the
essential pieces of our first month together. I had grown to have strong
feelings, the sort that seem to have BEcome my Convictions about Respect, and I
wanted to give these little ones what I had.
I don’t know how [or if] that carried through for them, but
I DO know how it changed ME.
Pretty much completely.
Most of all I came to understand the magic of Self-Respect.
I love you, Currie
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