R.E.S.P.E.C.T…

 R.E.S.P.E.C.T…

Remember Aretha

 Franklin song?

Of late I have had problems or pet peeves, the lack of respect… Lack of respect of person and property…

Walking thru the cemetery over the weekend… it was hard to understand the lack of respect for the dead… There were tombstones

that has chips in them.  Vandals who took a slug hammer to them. Either breaking them or chipping away..  I just don’t understand that.  I was talking to the son of a friend.. and mention to him, about how happy I was to see that there were soooo many lilac bushes there.  I remember when my husband was buried there 33 years ago.. that when I visited his grave.. people had pulled up different lilac bushes that were in near by..  It was heart breaking to see that.. so was happen to see so many of them now.. Told him how sad it is to see someone would want to destroy something in a cemetery. He is now on the board of the cemetery, and said.. you would be surprised at the vandalism that is done.  That is when he showed me one of the really old tombstones that had a chunk out of it.  Also they had pounded down a small tiny baby tombstone so it was only ½ inch tall.  He got down on his knees and started to dig with his hands, until my daughter gave him the trowel that she brought.. He was able to dig it out and have it stand as it did before.  

What goes thru these people’s mind that they think this is ok to do? What anger do they come from? 

Respect.. where you admire someone who worked hard to complete something. 

Respect, where you give someone space when needed…

Respect, you don’t receive it if you don’t give it..

Respect.. not to put others down because they are different than you are.

Respect, you don’t have to like, or be a friend of someone, to treat them with respect..

Respect.. shines back on you.. to have respect for others, yourself, and property of others. 

Respect usually is taught by your parents.. so maybe, if your parents don’t have respect.. you don’t learn it..

Respect is the aspect that keeps everything in your life, on an even keel….it shows pride reflection on how you treat others…reflects on you as a person.Did respect die with common sense.. because I see it so wanting in others… No matter how high up in life they are …