On some weeks I find it incredibly difficult to implement certain moral values due to the practicality of directing applying it to the real world in a given week. This week was no different, with respect needing to be carried out.
In some ways, respect is earned. If you’re not respectful to the people around you, the likelihood of them doing the same is dramatically reduced. Respect entails a few elements I was able to carry out this week. Respect was given to myself (respecting my own needs vs. others) as well as given to friends, family members, co-workers, as well as random strangers encountered throughout the course of the week.
Kindness and Courtesy
I showed some elements of kindness and courtesy to the parents that asked me questions at Fairmont this week, as well as being as patient as possible with the students I had in my group (despite their slightly inability to not pay attention). Saying hi to other people’s parents and guests that come to my house was a way in which I conveyed respect directly. In the end, even if someone wasn’t directly respectful to me this week, I tried to be the better person and convey respect to them regardless.
Respect Authority
In the manner of respecting elders and my superiors, I have to carry out what is expected of me. Talking back was a no-no this week, no matter how aggravated or annoying a situation might have turned into.
Manners
Don’t eat before someone else has gotten their food is a simple way of illustrating respect in the social setting of dining. Letting your elders (my parents) have first pick of the dinner is also a way to convey respect.
Think before you speak
Occasionally I often have “diarrhea of the mouth” in a sense that I don’t screen what I say. I tried my best to refrain from doing so this week in maintaining a proper and respectful demeanor to the people around me.
Respectful Friends
I trust that in order to be a better person I have to screen the people I surround myself with. In other words, If I find someone with questionable moral attributes (genuinely a jerk, not a respectful person) I would rather refrain from that person in order to potentially not obtain some of their attributes. You are truly judged by the company you keep and I hope in the long run I can have a massive array of friends I can count on…. forever.
The End Result: C- . I did the basics but I could have done more.
Next Week: Faith
I like how you approached dealing with jerks, but sometimes its impossible to avoid them, so perhaps accept their flaws and who they are? Also, everyone has something good about them..if you look hard enough 🙂