What is Respect and who needs it?????

1.What is Respect and who needs it?????  Is Showing a high regard for the worth of someone or something.  Here"s what the dictionary says."  Respect gives a positive feeling of esteem or deference for a person or other entity (such as a nation or a religion), and also specific actions andconduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected (e.g., "I have great respect for her judgment"). It can also be conduct in accord with a specific ethic of respect. Rude conduct is usually considered to indicate a lack of respect, disrespect, whereas actions that honor somebody or something indicate respect. Specific ethics of respect are of fundamental importance to various cultures. Respect for tradition and legitimate authority is identified by Jonathan Haidt as one of five fundamental moral values shared to a greater or lesser degree by different societies and individuals.^[1]

Respect should not be confused with tolerance, since tolerance doesn't necessarily imply subordination to one's qualities but means treating as equal." The antonym and opposite of respect is contempt"

2. Do we get taught to give respect?????    Yes!!!!! I believe we meet people in our lives that show us that and It's not always from people we want it to be from.   It'd be nice if it were for sure although I know people also can't give what they weren't taught themselves.
3 How to Respect ????  One way is to reduce the impact of shame and be intentional about respecting yourself and others. If you are respecting people in your life, you likely will not be shaming them. " Lakeside Connect"
4.  Why Respect??????.  Because it makes you feel good to give it and receive respect. We all want it and I believe we all deserve it although at times it is hard to give respect when you don't get respect so be the better person and if you don't get it from those you want please give it to yourself.  You deserve it!!!!!

Responding vs Reacting

If People would just sit on their issues and Respond instead of Reacting right away, we would all think before we speak and wouldn't take the chance of  hurting others and / or ourselves. This is something I've had to learn to do myself . We feel Shame and feel the need to convince others we have no issues or we have our issues under control. Let me tell you, . It doesn't work and You will see if you do start to sit back and realize the difference.  You will be more likely to say what you mean and know you mean what you say . So Sit back and Reflect and think and feel your presence. life will get better.

Thank you for listening
Terry

But It's theTruth!!

But it's hurtful when you blurt it out to a room full of people.
But it's hurtful when you belittle someone in the process..
But it's hurtful when it comes from someone you think you can trust.
But it's hurtful when you expect Compassion, Respect and Love etc. from that person.
But it's hurtful when confidence is broken.
But it's hurtful when you talk behind someones back.
But YES it's the truth so feel good that at least that you're not a Liar.

Stop being so Sensative!!,

Basically that translated is,  Stop being who you are. How can one do that? IDK.    We are who we are and we all have our quirks.  There's a song even called,  Nobodys Perfect isn't there?  Asking that came from a place of trying to fix and although all that's needed is some Healing . No one ever needs fixing!!  Here's a link: http://www.hsperson.com/ that can shed some light on Sensitivity also called HSP( Highly Sensitive Persons) I'm just learning more about this subject. Check it out it's a very interesting read... Thank you for stopping by...Terry

Welcome to my Thoughtless Comments and Complements Blog

Hi, Welcome to my Thoughtless Comments and Complements Blog. I'm a proud Mom to a Precious 13 year old teenage Daughter and I've been Happily Married for the past 20 1/2 years. In my life's Journey for the past 43 years well it has been an interesting one to say the least. I've come across many Thoughtless Comments and Complements and I thought by sharing them by starting a blog and writing them down, I could tell them but then show how we can still love and or like the people that say them. Most of the time they don't come from a bad place but a non thinking place and most have the best of intent. Please feel free to share your Thoughtless Comments and Complements with my Blog But note before u share, I have plans of writing a book with the material, so if you post then you agree to give me the right to publish your submission with credit to you. Also Note that not all blog entrees were not all directed to me. Some were givin to me from friends and family.. Thank you in advance

Using just one word !

1.   REALLY????   This one was said to me today...It made me sad and I felt so much disapproval from it :(  I totally fed into it and I'm the only one to blame. Thanks for stopping by:)

Thoughtless Blasts from the past focused on infertility

1. (Name) You just need to get over it!! Found out later this was used as a coping tool from the person when they were a kid.
2.  Maybe u need to start taking some Prozac!! The Thoughtless person that didn't realize the person they said it to was going through an infertility journey and really needed to be off the medicine before knowing if they would need the Prozac!!!.