if I want your respect, i'll work for it.

[maygra]

Respect is an assumption of good faith and competence in another person or in the whole of oneself.

...it is a well-intentioned idea, but I gotta say, if more people would worry about the respect they show to other people, and worry less about the respect being shown to others by others, there'd be less preaching and more reaching.

Tend your own gardens and share the fruits. You can only offer what you own.

No, the irony inherent in this post is not lost on me.

Comments

[virginie-m.livejournal.com]

Lovely thought.

less preaching and more reaching.

and more writing too, which is kind of the whole point.

[dividedloyalty.livejournal.com]

Sorry to barge in, but I tried to say that a couple days ago, but failed immensly at it.

Thank you for this, really.

[stormcloude]

I'm glad I'm only catching the trailing edges of this on my flist, because I agree completely with you.

[gretazreta.livejournal.com]

I agree, and this is very well put. Otherwise, there's this horrible possibility that we all end up like some bad stereotype of a church-lady sewing circle. Did you hear what Bertha Higgens said about Mrs Peveral? Well I never, that young hussy... and so on.

[rattlecatcher.livejournal.com]

I missed the irony because I was nodding so much. Then I chuckled and kept nodding.

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

huh, completley off topic, but: remember how I said I had made a html page from the excel sheet for mini nano? I sent it via email the same day (dec 1 I think) using the email address at lj.com listed on your userinfo... the email came back because there had been some sort of failure.. So I just forwarded it again to the bellsouth addy this time, and I wanted to tell you here so you know. Hoping it works!