Respect Means Everything... ♥

May 25, 2015

Respect Means Everything... ♥

"To love one another is to see beyond what society

or some ugly experience would impose on another

and to see in them God's awesome creation."

~ by Mark Brown ♥

I don't care what part of the world you are in, whether you live in a palace or a hut, what mode of transportation you use, what you earn, what religion or spirituality you practice, what political belief you stand behind, whether you're straight or gay, carnivore, omnivore or vegan, fat or thin, tall or short, beautiful or average, rich or poor, smart or not. If you are my friend and treat me with mutual respect, you are my friend. I accept you for who you are, and that's ALL that matters. Friendship transcends all. ♥ Respect means everything... and I respect your God given right to exist on this planet whether I agree with you, understand you or not. But there is one caveat, DO NO HARM. As long as you are not harming others in any way, I don't care who you are or how you have chosen to live your life. My attitude has always been to each his or her own, live and let live.

For those of you who don't know what harm means:

HARM is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as:

1. Physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.
2. Material damage.
3. Actual or potential ill effect or danger.

Someone hurting your "feelings" IS NOT HARM. Someone telling you no you can't have that IS NOT HARM. Someone telling you I don't like you IS NOT HARM. Someone telling you no you have no right to park in my assigned space IS NOT HARM. Someone not baking you a cake IS NOT HARM. Someone not officiating your wedding IS NOT HARM. Why? Because they are not the only person or business who bakes cakes, or the only priest/pastor who officiates weddings. They are not your only choice offering the product or service you want. You do however, have the right to take YOUR BUSINESS (money) elsewhere. AND for the other examples I gave, you have NO RIGHT to take what doesn't belong to you without a person's permission whether they use it or not, this can be a person, place, or thing. It never belonged to you. That is known as THEFT since the beginning of time. There are 7 billion people on this planet, not every person is going to like you, and not every person is going to be nice to you and give you what you want.

However, those retaliating against people that hurt your "feelings" by harming them financially, harassing them, and threatening their lives is the dictionary and legal definition of HARM. Also, FORCING others to like you, and FORCING others to give you anything, is HARM too. Because you are taking away their FREE WILL, their God given birth right to decide what is right for them, AND imposing your will on them. An insecure, immature, bully is known to exude this behavior.

Being KIND to you is a CHOICE! Liking you is a CHOICE. Giving anything to you is a CHOICE.

Now what does RESPECT mean in its most basic expression? It means, I RESPECT your right to exist, whether I like you or not, I RESPECT your space on this planet, and I have NO INTENTION of causing you any HARM.

For those of you who don't know what respect means:

RESPECT (transitive verb) is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as:

1. to consider worthy of high regard: esteem.
2. to refrain from interfering with; example: please respect their privacy.

I feel the gay community is shooting themselves in the foot by demanding others comply to their request by force. The gay community will become very unhappy when the tables are turned on them. To help you understand what I mean. Don't you want the right to say, "No, sorry, but you can't build that humongous mosque in our gay community." OR "No, sorry, you can't preach in our gay club. If you don't stop preaching, you need to leave." OR "No, sorry, but we don't allow burqas in our gay club. You need to leave." How in the heck are you going to feel when the gay community starts getting sued for discriminating against those who want to impose their beliefs, lifestyle on you and then get the courts TO FORCE YOU to accept them into your world. Suddenly, these people start INVADING YOUR SPACE BY FORCE, and will mark my words, make you FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. Why on earth is the gay community exciting about exerting their power over others, when the gay community knows damn well that they don't want OTHERS to exert their power over them?! Makes no damn sense.

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter,
and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning
and is refreshed."

~ by Kahlil Gibran ♥

Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand
~ by Diana Ross

Reach out and touch

Somebody's hand

Make this world a better place

If you can

Reach out and touch

Somebody's hand

Make this world a better place

If you can