Respect Your-self
by If you don’t respect yourself, how can you expect other too!
Respect Your-Self
You have heard it in songs, from friends and family, but what does it mean?
Well let us look at the meaning of respect, according the “The American Heritage dictionary” it means; to have regard for, to have concern or to avoid violation.
Plainly put it means to have either regard, or concern for one another and to avoid violating an individual; and yet it happens all the time.
To you, your friends to people on the street, it has become a sad world when violating one another seems all right. Now how can we change that, the best answer I have is one person at a time, starting with me.
The learn respect at a very early age!
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By respecting one self, you are telling others you expect to be treated properly and fairly, without violation to our body, or intelligence. It is never easy to chance, but once you establish self-respect it is then others will follow your lead.
If you allow others to push you around and tell you what to do, your allowing them to control, or disrespect you; but once you put your foot down and let them know that their behavior is unacceptable you will be surprised by how they back down.
Let me give you some ideas, if a bully keeps punching you, and one day you decide enough is enough and punch him back, I bet he will leave you alone.
If your children walk all over you and one day decide to make fend for themself, by doing their laundry, cooking their meal, and cleaning up after they eat; you will see that they are capable of taking care of matters. By doing this they have learned to stop walking all over you, they have learn to take care of their own needs. This is a way of telling them that you are demanding respect from them, and expect it!
Even our parents can take us for granted, and so we must learn to say no, and let them do things on their own as long as they are capable, otherwise they will drive you crazy. As time goes on they too will find they can get things done without pestering you, and you will be proud of them all. It is then that your kids, your spouse and your parents, will have learned the respect you; and you have learned to respect yourself!
Then everyone gets along much nicer!
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Once you have established self-respect you will truly be amazed at how you feel and how people will begin to treat you. It is only when you allow someone to disrespect you that soon everyone else joins in.
Learning to respect yourself and your time is not always easy, but as you slowly gain what is rightfully yours, you will be a happier, and a less stressed individual; and over time demanding respect will become a automatically, just by your body language and attitude.
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Post Commentabhishek40914
On November 14, 2009 at 3:48 pm
very true
Jenny Heart
On November 14, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Well done my friend!
Goodselfme
On November 14, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I once went on strike and my children, all teens at the time proved they could do more than they were doing by letting me do it all. Good info.TX friend!
Guy Hogan
On November 14, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Yes, I understand exactly what you’re saying. It may not be easy but it can be done.
chitragopi
On November 15, 2009 at 1:13 am
You are right. We cannot lose our self respect without our permission.
Christine Ramsay
On November 15, 2009 at 6:30 am
I learnt the hard way but once I stood up for myself everyone’s attitude towards me changed. A very helpful article .
Christine
PR Mace
On November 15, 2009 at 10:32 am
Well done article, we should all follow your advice.
Will Gray
On November 15, 2009 at 1:25 pm
No more truth could be written than you have done here!!!
Cygnet5
On November 15, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Hi, this is very true.. It’s so sad that among the most important postive character trait other than consideration, trust, love etc., respect has considerably deteriorated over time as lifestyles changed along modernization. To teach this character trait posed an extreme challenge to the family- as home considered as the “training center”. It was said that “Values can’t only be taught but caught”. It’s a big challenge for parents ( or teachers/ and elders) to preserve this trait and as first “teachers” and positive models for the young individuals in the 21st century and onward..
novelist
On November 18, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Your article conveys the truth that you should respect yourself in order to let others respect you. Good article.
CA Johnson
On November 21, 2009 at 7:59 pm
This article is really good, elizabeth. You’re right. You should respect yourself if you want other people to respect you. Why should anyone respect you if you can’t take the time to respect yourself?
CutestPrincess
On December 5, 2009 at 11:19 pm
you have to respect yourself so that people respect you…