Expect Respect

Why Associate With People Who Do Not Respect You?

That’s the question.

Why should we associate or be involved with people who do not respect us?

Why be friends with, or go to a church or be part of a group or organization where you are treated as a second class citizen?

Seriously?

You were created for a purpose. That purpose was not to be treated like you’re nothing by people who claim to love you or like you.

Do they watch you struggling and do nothing to help? They don’t care about you obviously.

Do they claim to love you but do not support your ideas, dreams and business ventures?

Do they “like”, comment and share your stuff on social media? Do they support your work and business?

When you seek to be involved do they ignore you? Do they give you some petty task while supporting their best friends? Aren’t you supposed to be a friend?

All those jokes they pull on you and all the kidding they do to you is not really kidding..is it? Are you the butt of their jokes? What do they say when you are not around?

Do they invite you to do things? Do they make it easy for you to attend?

Think about it. When was the last time they invited you to the Bar b que? When was the last time they accepted one of your invites?

People claim “Respect should be earned”.

No everyone should get decency and respect. It’s not about what they have done or not done. It’s about who we are as human beings. We can treat people better. “Do unto others as we would want done to us.”

We see people commit suicide everyday. And when it happens we all feel shocked and say “If only they had reached out.”

They were reaching out every single day.

They were reaching out when they got out of bed, and you chose to treat them with disrespect and as a second class citizen. Why wait till people die before being a decent person to them?

Stop expecting decency from people who do not know how to show it.

Stop being friends with people who obviously are not your friend.

Stop attending a church that claims to love you, but really does nothing to show it. Do they support you? Do they rejoice with you? Do they help bear your burdens? Do they cause problems in your life?

Stop being involved with groups where you give more than they are willing to even attempt to give back.

People need to stop making life hard on each other.

You can start by not allowing it in your life and finding people who accept you and want you to live, and breathe and grow. People who really care. Or at least give it a shot.

You can find them. Pray about it.

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Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ His newest book is called “The Future is Coming” and is a collection of dystopian short stories.

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