Staying at home, most of the time alone gave me lots of random thoughts. And one of those; is respect earned or given?
I personally think that regardless of the person, we should always start with respect. Because everyone deserves respect especially when we don't know that person and their circumstances. There are things we have to factor in since everybody have things going on that we don't know about but that is when personal lines come in and portrait how good a person is by how they respond to different things in different situations. Nonetheless, some people do give us reason to not to, and this is the part where to me, respect is earned. It is somehow circumstantial.
On the other hand, it doesn't matter our age, our status, etc, respect still has to be given. It is something we choose to give. Treat people the way we want to be treated. To me, everyone should be entitled to a basic level of respect which is what one calls it as common courtesy. Failure to reciprocate will results in lose of respect. While responding in kind is ground for earning a higher level of respect.
Respect has to be given to all and disrespected is earned. Because those who have done something negative that then in turn, make themselves worthy of disrespect. But in the end, these negativity does not deserved even a bit of our energy. So i guess, disrespect is actually unnecessary. But then again, it depends. Lol (hashtag what even, hashtag you mess with the wrong girl).
Respect is not given, it is earned. I read somewhere that this is not the foundation because we always need to start by treating everyone well. If someone need to earn our respect before everything else, then we do not actually respect them but their achievement, attributes or talent. If we respect a person, we choose to do so regarding what they have or have not done. However, respecting others' achievement, attributes and talent is another thing entirely and has very little to do with respecting the actual person.
Last but not least, is respect earned or given? My Instagram poll said that respect is earned. Nevertheless, this is not a right or wrong question. This may seem like a simple question but in actuality it goes far enough.
