How do I show my respect for others? How is it a mutually fulfilling gift?

Beautifully chosen questions; studying them more deeply can clearly delineate the necessity of the answers in our world today. There is a route, rote of political correctness that is necessary in measure and reserve, traditionally used to address historical to current egress, etc.; allowing perspective to inform our behaviors and communications in those regards. Yet, we live in a nation of extremes, even seen in our younger generations contorting through to deforming themselves in a plethora of varied ways to ‘get ahead’, ‘be and show talent’, ‘have a competitive edge’, make enough $ to exist through to successfully defend themself and live well, etc.; in quite unnatural through to self-destruction means to their ends. Of course, ‘to each their own’, ‘que sera, …’, etc., yet, as this community does, “…we(e),…” can effective work towards re-kindling the evolution by struggling against the corporate structure’s convolution’s devolutionary direction’s programming of people. To that end, my answers are aimed. Naturally, by human growth and relation (which life is), we treat everyone respectfully; yet, not as a product of supposed left intellectual projections like, “everybody should be respected”. For, the intellect can’t lead, as the life doesn’t follow. A good rule of thumb, as all here may be aware, is treat one as you would have them treat you; unless one is otherwise informed by someone’s behaviors and/or communications, etc.. As well, it’s spiritually possible to still respect one whose abusing you or just being obnoxious, while also defending oneself from them; probabably a preferable path. Yet, I wished to bring up a point that might add hue to the conversation. I don’t know about the rest of you, yet, I’ve experienced that the truth is seldom spoken, the rule of taking one’s golden silence all the way to the bank, for decades straight, if not life, if considered concretized. And, of course, the more one walks that path of ‘least resistence’, at minimum ‘going along to get along’, etc., they tend to ‘put blinders on ‘, ‘only go forward’, ‘mind their business’, ‘not put their nose into other peoples lives’; which leads to pathological ‘white lying’, mental ‘departmentalization’, pathological lying (why tell a truth when you can lie), pathological extreme lying (why tell any ole’ lie when you can extremely lie every time)- motis operendi such as ‘ignorance isn’t just bliss’, nor ‘next to godliness’, but, rather ‘all’, etc.(extreme means to extreme ends, defined and determined necessary by the wordly world). Life as relation must be honored, i.m.h.o.. For e.g., almost no one in my personal life has honored me with the truth. Yet, in my latest 45 of my 60 years, as an activist/advocate on all issues for all life and the Earth, I’ve been honored with the truth enumerable times; thank goodness. How I respect others mostly is by honoring them with the truth; they may not like it, they may disagree 100 %, that is choice- my choice is to honor them. Of course, “do unto others as you’d have them do unto you’, ‘know thyself’, etc., informs the ability to discern other perspectives like, people only deserve the rights, liberties they afford to others. Ergo, if the death penalty weren’t racist, classist, sexist, ageist, it would be a fair remedy; actually nonviolent- for ending a murderer’s life stops them from murdering again, as they might, at least in prison. This concept that ordinary life and/or human behavior is a process of continually ‘gifting’ isn’t true. It’s ordinary behavior, not some kind of spiritual genorosity; more is usually less. The fact that the ordinary has become extraordinary because of the devolution of human behavior doesn’t change reality an aota. As well, all words don’t mean what notsees project they do, ‘do as they say or else’. All words are their own paths of study, and either you are or you’re not studying. For e.g., projecting people ‘should, or even must, forgive’, is detrimental to self, the other and society at small and large. For, feelings, and the thoughts that they’re based on, have a centering in reality. Convenience doesn’t further, perseverance does. If you forgive a person who hasn’t stopped the behavior towards you and/or others, are you really forgiving, or is it one of the ’50 shades’ of cowardice most citizens find essential to meeking out their little corner of ‘normalcy’, ‘contentment’, ‘happiness’, ‘success’, ‘accomplishment’, ‘mastery’, ‘bliss’, etc.? Thanx for all you do. Have a great day 🙂 reality