We need to respect one another, above rights
The times we are in, are times people talk more about Rights. Right of children, Right to work, Right to worship, Right to associate, Right to this ... Right to that!!
We have virtually displayed one important virtue of humankind - Respect
The critical issue is whether a "Right" replaces " RESPECT"
In our daily lives and everywhere, we encounter everyone exercising his or her Right. So the young person is exercising a Right over the older person, there is no sense of respect or consideration for age.
We have soured the environment with Rights at the expense of Respect. Seldom is age respected and every activity seems to face one form of competition or another - age is a "garbage"
Our speaking habit has been the worse culprit. We say anything to our "old" and we are not regretful. Indeed, we don't notice our wrong.
I want to share this understanding rather emphatically that, "Respect" and "Right" don't share anything in common. We refuse to respect our own and so we don't see the disrespect we show to others.
If we are respectful, we tend to be courteous, and evidently Rights are only hallowed, but not enforced.
We have lost our values on an alter of Rights. We seldom among ourselves make statements like;
# Good day Sir or Madam
# Thank you, Sir or Madam
# Please let me help with...
# Take my seat please
# Take your turn please
# Can I give a helping hand?
Sir or Madam please, is a virtue we learn, and to be courteous is divine.
Let's be at home with our old values and only hallow Rights, because it seems it does our world no good.
Cheers!!
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I agree that today's children where I live do not show as much respect as my generation was taught to do, but I know some very nice young people who are respectful.
I have witnessed on occasions seats been given up for elderly. It gives me a warm feeling of kindness,
Even when someone holds the door for you to walk through first, still feels good and vice versa.
It just reminds me that there are still considerate thoughtful people out there. Not wanting anything in return except to see you smile.
Good old fashion values. Love them :)
I agree. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to help someone else, or smile at them and have it returned.
Here in the South there are still people who say "Yes Ma'm and No Sir because that's how they were taught. Being from Iowa, I had to get used to that, because I didn't learn to do that. We always called our aunts and uncles by that title, though. It was Aunt Florence and Uncle Kenneth, never by just their first names, though.
My children are respectful They do say Yes Sir Yes Mam. I have never heard any other child or teen every say that to their parents. It is just out of respect. Thank you for sharing.
Tina--
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These courtesy's that you mention are few and far between these days. Respect is a dying art.
Jenny
Well, but it has meaning for our living. Thanks for sharing.