A few weeks ago I wrote about some things we should never beg for. It’s not because it is wrong or right, it’s because begging only reveals our high level of vulnerability. In some cases it can be catastrophic! We can’t love or be a friend of everybody! Not always we have time for others and to trust we have to know the person a little. To care about people you have to know something about them and their lives and to comprehend you need to put yourself in others’ shoes and forget about yourself for a while. Feeling others’ problems as if they were ours requires sensitivity and not everyone has it. Regarding to respect, I think it’s the easiest of them all and everybody should respect each person and each person should respect everybody (it's called mutual respect)! In fact, all the problems begin with respect: its lack!
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