I don’t see you as being in disagreement— we don’t always like another person, even if they’ve done nothing negative to us, for instance. And get this, in another light: if you were to find yourself needing to live with friends or relatives, and you cooked and cleaned and made their life ultra-comfortable 24/7, it would never be enough— they will ALWAYS see themselves in the cat bird seat. So, one can “earn” respect, and still not receive it. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
I believe that the respect we all should have for each other, as fellow earthlings, is, at least on the onset, a given. But the respect that comes with manners, conduct, values, etc…,has to be born of continuity - so in that regard, those aspects of respect have to be earned by all of us.
So, two rednecks express their hatred of Afro-Americans to each other and no one else is around to hear, are they any less discriminating? Think about it…I believe it’s time for all discriminatory rhetoric to stop. Just because two people agree that something is ok does not make it so, witnesses to it or not.
Top of the morning to you— ran into a guy I’ve met before, last night in my pub. I always sensed he was Irish, found out actually he’s from Belfast. He would get to Londonderry often, but reminded me it is colloquially called, simply “Derry”, hence the song, “Down, Derry Derry Down”… I told him about my “ cyber-friend” and he said,tell him for me, “ tu soiré meiathe” (but said it’s the only Gaelic he knows…
Over the years I’ve had comments about these kinds of threads, but one rankling question remains: why not, if a “caller” becomes annoying, just block? Seems easy-peasy to me….
Really glad you opened this thread. I’m very determined to have a wonderful, beautiful Christmas and a great, productive and pleasant 2022. Last night I had the nicest dream in a long time— folks were agreeable, getting along, all that jazz. Lately I have found myself gravitating toward apathy, melancholy, which I do NOT like, or want for myself. So, in spite of all the current problems and worries of the world, I am starting each day with sincere thanks and a prayer for optimism and a desire to embrace life with enthusiasm. This plaque is near my front door:
I got up early one morning, and rushed right into the day I had so much to accomplish, that I didn’t have time to pray
Problems just tumbled about me, and heavier came each task Why doesn’t God help me?, I wondered— He answered, “You didn’t ask”
I wanted to see joy and beauty, but the day toiled on gray and bleak I wondered why God didn’t show me He answered, “But you didn’t seek”
I tried to come into God’s presence, I used all my keys at the lock God gently and lovingly chided, “My child, you didn’t knock”
I woke up early this morning, and paused before entering the day: I had so much to accomplish That I had to take time to pray
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RE: Comparing your life to others
Well, SOMEBODY’S listening!