Hi Kathy,
I loved your post. Repect is very important, and our own actions are sometimes what causes people to not respect us.
We should always be aware of who's watching us and more importantly still, is who we are on the inside, when no one's watching us.
Believing we should constantly be working on ourselves to improve, I do believe that people can change (with desire for improvement...we should all be constantly developing, even people who have messed up big time, can be glad that they can do better next time.
Everyone has new opportunities each day to make better choices for themselves. Our choices will determine the quality of our lives and the respect that we receive from others.
So many times though, people view others with great respect because of their financial success. This alone isn't worthy of our respect. We should look at the character of those we respect before we freely give it.
Thanks for this forum. I appreciate your insight.
Cheryl
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