Respect and Me

This might be the hardest post for me to write. Recently someone asked me, " What is more important, Respect or Love?". It had me thinking. Dictionary defines respect as "To consider worthy of esteem, to regard with honor." It says Love is "a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness." But do these actually follow the same rules? Or is the reality something very different? First I'll come to love. For me, it has always been a confusing topic. I could never understand the power of love truly. But whatever love i have received from whomsoever, i have realized that it is more of an acceptance and approval that gives it importance, to be seen as someone worth the time is the Love as I have seen it in the real world. Which brings us to the Respect. Isn't it something very similar? Acceptance & approval are the core aspects of Respect. Then what is it that makes Love & Respect so much different? It is the lack of either that instills the importance. Lack of love can turn a person into a pessimistic hater but the lack of respect, can lead a man to take his own life. If u loose love, you can probably work to get it back, but if you loose respect, it aint coming back. Similarly, if you are not repected at a place, you can probably start afresh in a new phase of life and work on it but if you loose love, the feeling chases you everywhere, day n night. So, I guess it is pretty tough to decide which one is more important, the essential thing is to try not losing your heart even if you loose one of the either.

P.S : I have a question for the readers for which i m expecting an honest and detailed answer, preferably in person......."Do you or do you not love n respect me and why??"......there is no specific reason for this question so dont try finding one.

Love and Respect to you

AKS