God, Guide My Tongue So That I Can Only Speak The Truth.
It is said that respect is earned and not given. Ironically, the reality in all of us, we are often in a dominant mindset that we desire for respect to be given to us. It is like an automatic virtue that we take for granted. We desire to be respected by all the people we interact whether they are new in our lives, whether they are strangers and it does not matter if we just come to know another person.
Somehow, respect is garnered (without our awareness) to show for our inadequacy. We need it to make us feel good, feel worthy of trust and to level our integrity and status. The other day, when I was reading through a forum, a poster felt offended that his post was attacked. He felt his effort to start a thread was not appreciated (which brushed down to respect). A friend who I threaded on the fine line felt angry with me for highlighting his weakness.