What about respect?
Posted By Jane on August 26, 2001
Q. What about respect?
- Didier Hampl
A. Respect is just a word that represents many things. Each person defines this word or understands this word in a different way. How capable you are of respecting things stems from how seriously you take yourself in the universe and how seriously you take everything in the universe. Respect is a form of appreciation, people appreciate things in an infinite number of ways. You can respect things in different ways; respect can come with a sense of humor and confidence that is freeing and flattering and illuminating or respect can also come with no sense of humor, be imposed and demanded and then it can be oppressive. How one shows respect can be interpreted as disrespectful by someone who shows respect in a different way. Respect is an act of appreciation; it is an art. There are examples of good art and bad art. It is subjective. So what about respect? When we admire something it inspires us and leads to creativity. People judge each others creativity and so it is with respect. There are no clear boundaries to show what respect is or what is respectful- that is why it is a good question.
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