Respect is Required

“Respect must be required; and if necessary, it must be enforced.”

Many, are incorrectly taught and believe that respects is earned or demanded. This is a popular fallacy, because we cannot earn someone’s respect if they are not willing to respect us; and neither can we demand respect from someone if they don’t want to respect us. The only way that we can demand respect from someone is by overpowering them and by making them dependent on us. Likewise, the only way we can earn others’ respect is by becoming a people-pleaser and by prioritizing others over us. Neither of these positions are lasting, as the superficial respect will dissipate in due time.

The only means of truly getting respect is by becoming self-sufficient so that others respect us based on our independence and lack of neediness. When we don’t need others and others choose to deal with us, that is when they deal with us respectfully; because if they don’t, we will notice them that the only way of dealing with us is by having respect. If they don’t choose to be respectful, we will then enforce our boundaries and either force them to become respectful, or we will enforce our boundaries by not dealing with them. As further stated in Theory of Self-Relativity:

“It is better to be respected than to be loved; because true love cannot exist without respect.”