For what you are respected? Have you any idea?

@aliasad (1567)
Pakistan
April 20, 2007 1:45am CST
There are certainly some moral values that are prevailing in a certain society. Well, here people respect their elders for their oldage besides the other traits and surely in your country too. But have you thought about your own value? I run my family and take care of my kins and think that they respect me for my good acts. In my office, I think its my position that counts rather other thing, frankly. How do you feel about yourself? What is the best quality you have for the above?
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• Philippines
20 Apr 07
well the respect i receive varies differently from the kind of people i'm with. :) the people i work with respect me for the quality of work that i contribute. i don't also say no to work. i work overtimes without being paid for it. i do the work or travels to rural and far flung areas that nobody else would agree to. i never complain and never asked for a salary raise. i always accommodate and my ultra patience has been tried and tested. they like how very detailed i can be when it comes to work. the people at home respect me for my maturity. i provide advise to my older siblings and help out financially if any one of my family is in need. my nephews and nieces respect me for being strict yet fun to be with. i'm half their aunt and half their friend. some of them listen to me more than they do their parents. :) my friends say that they like how they could trust me with their innermost feelings. they like the fact that they could find a friend in me when everybody else has judged them for their wrongdoings. they respect my emotional strength as a person and my calm nature and positive outlook in life. they respect the kind of trust i was able to gain from them. my boyfriend (-lol-) told me that he respects my intelligence coz i'm what he called simple yet witty. i have the strength to be a woman in his arms yet also be the other half that supports him when the sailing becomes rough. :) different people find me differently even if i show the same person that i am. i cannot choose which above is my best quality. but i find that my emotional strength has been tested over and over again by life's trials. it's now weather proof so to speak. :)
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
Oh my goodness O! my friend... You have summarize your whole life aspects. You are so good I can only imagine the one ideal. How darely you have defined all of the sapects of your life, I really appreciate you and wish you best of luck! Enjoy your life and have a nice time wherever you go. Thanks for being so positive and making others (including me :) ) to be postive too.
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@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
LoLzzz Thanks again
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• Philippines
20 Apr 07
-lol- is this too much information? i'm sorry. i was undecided what to write at first. i didn't know i wrote that much. i didn't even include at least 5 more types of people i get to be with everyday... -lol-
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
20 Apr 07
i used to manage a pharmacy for two years before. i say my staffs respect me more than are scared of me. these two words are different and i prefer to be respected rather than find people being scared of me. i am an immense amount of patience. i don't get mad easily. and when things go wrong, i talk directly to the person conerned. through this, i get to be respected. and it feels great to earn respect from people... i know i deserve it.
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
20 Apr 07
yup. balancing everything is the most difficult thing to do. but if you respect other people, too, it is easy for you to gain respect from them, too.
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@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
Sometimes it is difficult to have a balance between the rights and duties. One who holds the patience can earn the respect too. Thanks for remarks about yourself.
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@mdchennai (2129)
• India
20 Apr 07
Frankly speaking i am respected because i am YOUR FRIEND ;P LOL, i think this sentence would have made you to freeze. Anyway, i feel that i have some good character for which people respect me. I dont see money as the criteria and i mingle with any type of people. Even then i dont think i have that much of respect in this society because i am not yet a family man!
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
oH MAN!! You have made me stand up at the desk and salute ;) Nice & lovely one. Really proud of you friend. Thanks for all. I wish you be family man sooner..
• Latvia
20 Apr 07
I can only say what I have heard from other people about me. Most of them say that they like to be around me because I am honest and very friendly. I like to be around people and meet new people. I don't judge people how they look or what are they wearing.
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@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
Honesty is the best policy, afterall :) A good response too.
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@austere (2812)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
i believe that my friends love me and respect me for being sweet and friendly and they adore the way i speak too. that's what most of them say. they like listening to me speaking in english because my pronounviation is goos. my family love me for another reason. it's because i love them and i make them my priority and most especially, i help them in any way i can.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
20 Apr 07
yep. friends find me loving and caring as well and also thoughtful. so, when it comes to friends, i gain their respect by being nice and loyal to them.
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@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
So sweet response like your personality! If that's you in avatar! Friends are the refelection of one's own personality and you have a good gathering, I hope so.
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• India
20 Apr 07
Respect??... I do not think that people respect me. Because I do not maintain any family, no one is dependent on me. I am not currently employed. So the question of respecting me for my positions does not arise. I think my parents love me because of I am their daughter. My friends love me for my friendly and helpful nature. When I was working, then my seniors complemented me because of my sincere work. It is true that position in the work place really counts. But a person's co-operative behaviour, true effort towards his work and honesty can draw real honour for him in his wrokplace as well as other areas of his attachments.This my point of view. Thank you!
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
Don't underestimate yourself. People love you means that they respect you too. You are good with people all around. No matter if you don't maintain the family.. one day you will have to. Nice to have your kind words too.
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• India
20 Apr 07
Thank you!! I do not undermine myself, you are right that people who love me respects me too. I also like to make and maintain friendly relationships with people.
@weemam (13372)
20 Apr 07
I think I am respected for my loving and caring , I look after my disabled son , my hubby who has heart problems and recently had a bypass operation and my parents who still live at home and both have Alzheimer's , It is hard work but I love them and I don't want to be without them xx
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
21 Apr 07
So loving and caring! Sorry to learn about your son and hubby.. One has to face the bitter realities of life and I would like to add here God Almighty choose the best persons for these sort of situations and you are "The Best" , friend! Don't worry at all and I wish you all the best.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Apr 07
I am respected in my community and by many friends and family for my sobriety and sense of well being in this matter. I also seem to be respected for my knowldege in general by family anf friends. I am also respected here it seems for my intelligence and humor and overall good attitude of life in general. Thanks for the discussion also. I loved the responses I've seen so far. Take care and thanks once again. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Apr 07
i am respected in my family coz im a cool mom and really do what i promise to my family..i am sincere to family and to others...thats what my family have commented when i asked them my good points..
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
21 Apr 07
Being cool is great. Nice to see your trait of sincerity. Thanks for response too.
@aissha (2036)
• India
20 Apr 07
i think i'm respected for few unique qualities as mu mum says ,she says i can do what others can not recently i helped in fixing my sister's marriage for which boy's side were lil .... but then they agreed ,people always get impressed me and i hv never met some one who don wanna friends with me and the compliment alwyays get is i remind them of some friend ,initially it used to bug what can't people see me as a different individual and not someone else ,but later i realised its a compliment,zyada to nahi hua na.. chalo ...
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
O Dear.Dear..Dear! Its not over ;) LoL it is interesting to see that all. I think my very purpose of this discussion was that like.. to know how people feel really feel about their own. thanks for sharing.
@cutiedhes (507)
• Philippines
23 Apr 07
I think people respect for my personality for who am I. Towards my family to my siblings they respect me because I am the eldest in our family. Towards my friends and officemates they respect my decisions and if ever I am in a bad mood they won't joke around unless I am ready to ride with their jokes.
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
24 Apr 07
Being the eldest means more responsible too. You feel your responsibilities is great. You have good decision power. isn't it? So people respect for your decisions too. Thanks for response!
@letzap519 (408)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
i'm respected because of my attitude...i'm just a simple girl...i'm not talkative but you'll not get bored when you're with me..i also have a good sense of humor but i hate green jokes...I'm respected at work because of my knowledge...i'm also respected because i also respect the people around me...
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
21 Apr 07
Yes, you are right that one earns the respect by respecting others! Thanks
@skbadhan (879)
• India
24 Apr 07
i think we respect other from very diffrent pointof views from person to person as everyone has its own way of thinking . so i can only guess about why others respect me i am a honest person i never think bad about others i always help others to get out of day today problems as i am capable of providing a analytic solution to then which they like a lot best quality i do possess is i think my ability to maintain good relations
@clueblue (19)
• India
20 Apr 07
You are respected for your good behavior and nature towards people.Honesty and loyalty are equally important.
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
20 Apr 07
Nice addition indeed! Thanks
• United States
21 Apr 07
I find myself to be a very patient, friendly and caring person. I think these are reasons people like me. My husband says it's the fact I have so much patience, that I can put up with most things. I somewhat agree, I do hold my feelings sometimes. My family says I'm friendly and I truly believe that. I give a benifit of a doubt to people, and I care about people, even those I don't know.
• United States
21 Apr 07
Mainley because im a jock in my school that means a lot.
@zameerh1 (10)
• India
21 Apr 07
I think we can consider respest in many forms. 1. The professional respect given to you by your colleagues because of the kind of proffesional relationship u have with them, and also because of your job position. 2. The family respect is earned by you because the family knows you are always there for them when they are in crisis. 3. The friends respect because you might a friend of the type "A friend in need is a friend indeed". 4. And most important you should be repected by GOD, then only you can be repected by all other people around you.
@skotdude (29)
• United States
21 Apr 07
I don't get respected, I think people are just jealous of me or something I live in vermont .If that tells you something ha-ha. why are there so many miserable people in the world. Me I don't waste my time being miserable and I don't get jealous or pissed off because I see someone having more fun than me