Respect & Honour

            Respect and Honour, both the words are glorious in nature. Everyone wants these nouns in the form of verbs. Everyone wants to be respected and honoured. But the question arises, If these are the most needed verbs, who will offer, and to whom? What are the criterion to get these valuable feelings?

       We respect and honour those who have contributed somethings to the society without any expectation. That means, giving for the sake of giving, and no other intention. In other words, people are respected and honoured for their selfless contribution to the society. But now-a-days people command respect and honour for their selfish contribution; that contribution sometimes proves to be worthless.

           A group of people desire such things (respect & honour) because of their ancestral inheritance. They thinks that they are born to be respected and honoured. Some people think that they will help people and command gratitude. Some people want to enslave their fellow friends with little act of kindness.

           You may have come across with many such people in your life. You may have felt the essence of respect and honour. It feels good when someone pays respect. But, should we demand or command respect and honour? Respect and honour show the humility and generosity of people. There are so many people in the world who always try to help other and recognised as generous and helpful. People respect and honour them. But when such person lose control over themselves for some selfish reason, their generosity fades away. Their humility is questioned. Their real face is revealed. There are people who think that all the people should act in favour, whomsoever they have helped. This is simple phenomena of giving and taking and therefore, there is no question of respect and honour.

    There are certain principles described in different scriptures regarding helping people. Srimadbhagwat Gita states to involve in the welfare of others without expectation. This is called selfless action or unattached labour. The Holy Bible describes that if your right hand is giving something to some one your left hand should not know. Hence, only selfless service to be practiced. And such  people command respect and honour.

         Only those command respect and honour who love for the sake of love, who are kind for the sake of kindness - they never expect anything back for their service to the society. They only give and never take.