Respecting each other and ourselves!!

I have always learned by doing, trial and error. I have found it easier to pick up on lessons in the classroom, at work, and in life when they were taught by example, not just with letters, words , or numbers. Isn't this the case when it comes to teaching kids about respect and caring? If you really want to be loved, then give hugs, hold doors open, visit your elderly neighbors. Why would your kids visit you when you are in a nursing home when you don't bother to visit your parents a mile up the road in theirs. Teach them that what is really important is their family, friends, and surroundings, not the arcade games or cool clothes. All of that comes and goes. What matters is our loved ones. Sometimes it is hard to deal with the elderly or sick, but it is even more important at those times to be there and pass along your natural light of love through understanding and patience.