We live in a world that deeply lacks respect. I don’t know about you, but that really scares me. It should scare everyone. Looking back in history, every time there was an extreme lack of respect, an extreme consequence followed. Respect keeps going downhill; are we trying to repeat history? I think that in order for us to grow in respect, we have to understand it first. It is one of the hardest things to ever teach a child and no matter what, they will not be respectful unless they find a reason to. As a teenager, I have the natural human tendency to be disrespectful, doesn't everyone? I love to learn, so every time I experience a wrong situation, I try to understand what happened. This has helped me begin to understand respect in a deeper way. I have been raised to be respectful and always have been surrounded by those who think similarly. As I have grown up, I have realized that is not usually the case, there is much respect missing from my peers and younger kids. I could make a mile long list about the many different ways we fail to have respect into today’s society, but hopefully you recognize at least some of them. One of the biggest things I have noticed, is the lack of respect for opinions. In 2017, you can’t say anything without someone getting offended and lashing out. That has to stop! It's stupid that we can't even have civil discussions because we don't have respect. Honestly think about it! If you are open to hearing what others have to say in a respectful way, it can do nothing but help you. In the end, everyone will have different opinions, but we have to voice our own with respect for everyone else. Understanding respect for opinions can help us understand it in other ways, because the root of that is respect for people. Why don’t we respect others? Or even ourselves? Well, I think a big part of not respecting others is a pride we all have, thinking we have to be bigger and better than the next. Thinking that our ideas and thoughts are the best. That is kind of obvious, but if we start to put ourselves second and others first how will that change things?
~Sarah
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