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"R-E-S-P-E-C-T" (song by Aretha Franklin????)
In order to get respect, you have to give respect.
10 Cmds are respect God, respect God's name, respect the sabbath, respect your parents, respect life, respect other people's property. (Life in Christ)
*SELF-RESPECT
The pursuit of self-esteem became an excuse to "do your own thing" - regardless of whether or not the thing in question was antisocial - and quickly mutated into self-worship. Self-respect is gained not by being told how wonderful you are (self-esteem), but by developing respect for others. This idea - that giving respect is a precondition of getting respect (and developing self-respect) - is consonant with the Golden Rule. The journey toward self-respect begins with the child developing respect for his parents. As this child grows, the respect he has developed for his parents transfers to other authority figures, then to peers, and eventually to fellow man. A person growing in self-respect understands that he is imperfect being who was given the gift of life in order to serve. A person with high self-esteem thinks he is deserving; therefore, he is ungrateful. A PERSON GROWING IN SELF-RESPECT THINKS HE IS UNDESERVING; THEREFORE, HE IS GRATEFUL. (PS 2/1/97)