Respect has great importance in everyday life.
As children we are taught (one hopes) to respect our parents, teachers and elders, school rules and traffic laws, family and cultural traditions, other people’s feelings and rights, our country’s flag and leaders, the truth and people’s differing opinions.
And, we come to value respect for such things.When we’re older, we may shake our heads (or fists) at people who seem not to have learned to respect them.
We develop great respect for people we consider exemplary and lose respect for those we discover to be clay-footed, and so we may try to respect only those who are truly worthy of our respect.
Michael Freitas
Idyllwild
