Self
Respect
Respecting
yourself is essential if you wish to live in harmony with yourself
and with others.
We constantly
complain about others not respecting us, when we don’t respect
ourselves.
Dov Peterz
claims that self-esteem is a silent respect for oneself. Whereas according
to Mauro Rodriguez respect for oneself is displayed in the following
forms:
1. Attending
and satisfying your own needs and values.
2. Expressing
and managing and forming feelings and emotions without harming or
blaming anyone.
3. Looking
for and valuing everything that makes one feel proud of themselves.
Generally
when someone starts disrespecting someone it is usually because they
don’t respect themselves. In this case the individual should
start looking at why he is acting in this way.
Maslow
claims “We can only respect, give and love others when we have
respected, given and loved ourselves”.
Without
a doubt deep human relationships are established on respect and self-esteem
strengthens when we learn to respect ourselves.
