Did you ever stop and thought what is the basis of every relationship in no matter what community, whether small or large, starting with the family, the friends, the neighbors and ending with the town or your whole country? If you haven't realized so far the role which respect plays in our society you should do it.
Going shopping or going to the bank to pay the bills can turn into hell if you have to wait and wait and wait. But if you are patient and you respect the persons around you the time will pass faster and you won’t get bored so quickly.
Whether you come to see it or not, respect plays an important part in our lives. We have to respect the others so that we can be respected. We can’t expect our parents to take into consideration what we tell them if we
don't study, don’t do all the things we are supposed to do, we waste time hanging out with our friends and forget to come back home. If they see you don’t listen to anything they are trying to teach you they take drastic measures and you are the one who has to suffer. It really doesn’t cost you a thing to pay attention to what they tell you, especially when you know they only want to help you and provide you the best future they can, with the best education and the best opportunities to expand your horizon.
Speaking about love and love stories, you know that nothing will resist time and routine without respect. You don’t respect the person next to you, you don’t appreciate what she offers you. Your girlfriend calls you to let you know she has made dinner and she only wants to know when are you coming back home. What do you do? You start screaming, blaming her she always wants to control you, to know every movement you make, and you simply hang up the phone. Then you reconsider what you have done and you go home with a bunch of flowers, ready to apologize.
But when you get home you may face an unpleasant surprise and find your girlfriend left you a note telling you that she is breaking up with you. Rudeness and the feeling of superiority may lead you to a loss. I don’t mention worse things like violence, cheating, or abuse. These are obvious ways of disrespect and they are to be blamed even from the very beginning of the topic.
In conclusion, respect may be very useful and may bring you lots of benefits, but, on the other hand, the lack of it can bring you into many troubles. My advice is to read a little bit more the code of good manners and pay more attention to insignificant details that make the difference.
Monique Barb also writes for
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