WHEN DID RESPECT BECOME A BAD WORD

ORIGINALLY, I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT CHILDREN, BUT AS I THOUGHT

ABOUT CHILDREN AND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE, MY MOTIVATION CHANGED. I

INSTEAD, DECIDED TO WRITE A BIT ABOUT TEACHING CHILDREN THE

IMPORTANCE OF RESPECT, SO AS THEY GROW INTO ADULTS, THEY ARE MORE

ATTUNED TO PROVIDING IT TO OTHERS.

I HAVE WITNESSED, AS I AM SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE, THE FALL OF OUR

SOCIETY AND THE AWARENESS THAT TREATING PEOPLE POORLY DUE TO

AGE, DISBILITY, ETC. HAS BECOME PREVALENT AND IS JUST NOT

ACCEPTABLE. IT SEEMS THAT ADULTS, INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC, FEEL

THAT THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO LAUGH AT, RIDICULE AND DIRECT ANGER

TOWARDS OTHERS WHO ARE IN A DIFFERENT CYCLE OF LIFE OR

CIRCUMSTANCE.

THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS JUST NOT ENERGETICALLY OR SPIRITUALLY

ALIGNED WITH WHY WE ARE ON THIS EARTH. WE ARE HERE TO LIVE AND

DEMONSTRATE LOVE WITH COMPASSION TOWARDS ALL, INCLUDING

OURSELVES. ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS IS OUT OF LINE WITH OUR

CREATOR’S DOCTRINE. AND THIS CAN BE MULTIPLIED FOR THOSE WHO ARE

IN HELPING FIELDS AND DEAL DIRECTLY WITH PEOPLE FOR A CAREER.

OTHER CULTURES, ONE BEING ASIAN, SEEM TO HAVE THE FORESIGHT TO

CREATE ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND EXPRESS RESPECT

TO LIVING PEOPLE AND THINGS. WHY IS THAT NOT HAPPENING ON OUR

TURF?

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL…. SHOW THEM HOW TO RESPECT

THEMSELVES AND THOSE THEY ENCOUNTER IN LIFE. BE AN EXAMPLE FOR

THEM TO LEARN THIS AND PASS IT ALONG TO OTHERS. YOU ARE THEIR GUIDE

ON THIS EARTH.

RODNEY DANGERFIELD, A GREAT COMEDIENNE’S TAG LINE WAS “I DON’T GET

NO RESPECT.” EVIDENTLY, HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING DOWN THE PIKE FOR

SOCIETY. THE DIFFERENCE IS, NOW IT IS NO LONGER A JOKE.