YOU CAN'T GIVE WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE FOR YOUR SELF!
E. L. PLEASANT
A BROKEN LANGUISH
You have heard, in order to receive
respect, you have to give it.
But how can one give what he or she
has not been taught?
How does a five year old know that
he or she is to respect their elders
who have earned it long before they
were born, if there is no one
In the home to teach them?
We use to greet a person with the
salutation, "Hello, how are you," and the reply would be,
"Hello, I'm fine, thank you
and how are you?" Today, the hello has been replaced with an
insincere faded smile or just, "How are you?" "I'm fine,
thanks and you," with no reply.
Today asking a person how they are
doing holds no meaning, because no one really cares
to know like so long ago, when
people had time or made time to listen.
We use to say, "Thank
you," to express our appreciation and could expect, "You're
welcome," with a genuine smile, because it was a give and take experience.
The giver enjoyed giving or doing it and the receiver appreciated their gesture.
Today thank you are seldom spoken and if one does remember the words and
find themselves using them, they are left to wonder if they are welcome because
that part of the dialogue might be skipped.
When is the last time that you have
heard the words "please" or "excuse me" come from the mouth
of the youth? To simply covering one's mouth when coughing or yawning.
This is what today's culture has evolved into and is known as a
disrespectful society that no longer displays or uses common manners.
Like refraining from using languishes that would be viewed as not proper
in front of or around children or in the present of one's elders.
Aretha Franklin sung the song about
RESPECT, sighting, find out what it means to me as she spelled the word out.
It doesn't matter how old you are, your race, gender or religious back
ground, everyone deserves it. To the Staple Singers demanding the same
attributes, Respect yourself in 1971. The song was written by Stax
Records singer Luther Ingram and Stax house songwriter Mack Rice. Ingram,
who was frustrated with the state of the world at the time, told Rice,
"Black folk need to learn to respect themselves." Rice liked
the comment so much so that he built a funk groove around it, and then
gave the song to the Staples, who were also signed to Stax. It’s 2013
and we still haven't learned to respect each other, for they also say actions
speak louder than our words.
From one black person to another,
you can address him or her, young or old today with hello and they look at you
as though you are out of your mind or the words are foreign.
With the absence of respect leads
to the lost of morals, for without morals there's no need for a conscious,
because you no longer have the ability to distinguish between what is right or wrong.
Maybe if we showed each other a bit
of respect and take the time to really listen to each other, we would be well
equip to take a moral stand when it comes to making a conscious decision when
taking a life without giving it a single thought. Just maybe there
wouldn't be so many senseless shootings.
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