Of all the dynamics that surround us on an
everyday basis, the most important aspect of our lives remains our
relationships. It can be our relationship with our elders, our friends, our
helpers, our colleagues or the most hyped and talked about relationships with
our spouse or lover. In a world full of billions of humans beings, it is our
connection with these handful of people around us that makes our lives more meaningful
and beautiful. But unfortunately, it is the same relations which at times also
become the cause of our endless sufferings and pain. The suffering from a
relation is labeled to occur because of the change in dynamics due to lack of
understanding, generation gap, fading away of love with time or altered
emotional component of either person in the relation. But irrespective of love
and emotion, which of course, are one the most marketed terms today, the only
aspect of a relation which is highly overlooked and which has the potential to
alter almost everything between any two individuals is Respect!
With the big terms like emotions and love, we
have certainly forgotten about this little basic term respect which is the
foundation of all other components. Why was it, that in the black and white era
that the human race has lived, pointing out or raising one's voice against the
elders was considered something that would make you gasp! And why is it, that
shouting, arguing or at times even demeaning one's elders is considered normal
now? Why is it that the longevity of our life long relations is constantly falling?
Why are we on a constant lookout for newer equations and fail to stick or stay
loyal to what we have?
In the era that we are living in, we are constantly
told how important it is to express ourselves. Be it in the form of newer apps and
means of technologies to express, which are adding on to the list of the
existing ones every day, or, in the form of an increasing number of days which
are labeled special! Father’s, daughters, lovers, elders and the list is
endless. But sadly, despite the ability and opportunities to express ourselves
more freely today, we have completely lost the depth in our equations. Saying you
love someone holds no meaning if they are a constant bearer of all your nasty
moods every day. Posting the best selfie with your father on father’s day has
no meaning if you don’t value his opinion due to your own false ego! The only
little thing that can avoid you making someone your daily punching bag, or discussing
and understanding instead of outrightly rejecting your dad’s opinion is nothing
but respect in the relation. Because respect is nothing but sacrificing and silencing
one's ego for the sake of someone else.
With the ability to talk, hear and discuss
just like us, it is these human connects which have the maximum ability to have
an impact on us in various ways. Why not then put aside our big egos respect
each other’s individuality, opinion, and personality and take back nothing but
positivity from each other.
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