Its all about respect!!!

June Khuzwayo                             Media Studies 3

Its all about respect!!!

Having respect for others is difficult when you have no respect for yourself.  Respect is earned if you respect yourself and others then in return people will respect you. One needs to pay attention when people disrespect them, and act on it. A person with self respect doesn't tolerate others to treat them badly, and would rather not associate with someone who is disrespectful "that's me". I cannot tolerate such behaviour, people who think that your life revolves around them.

This might seem obvious, but there are many times when we accept being treated badly (in both big and small ways) because we believe the person doesn't know any better or because we are not prepared to let that person go or because we are too down on earth to believe we deserve better. When someone doesn't give you basic respect, you need to be able to say, in one way or another. "You just disrespected me and that's not acceptable to me if you don't respect me. I won't spend time with you anymore." Can you say that and mean it.? Can you turn your back on someone who's clearly shown that they don't respecy you? Once you do that, you'll feel your sense of self-respect and you level of confidence would accelerate, trust me.