Pay Respect, The New Blog

If there is one thing I know, I deserve respect. Disrespect me and here is the door, it's as simple as that. Aretha Franklin said it so very well in her song.

Now to respect me means to:

Honor my choices.
Have a willingness to show appreciation and consideration for me.
Recognize the worth and quality of who I am and the choices I make.

In my life, it is very difficult to find people who respect me. They tend to tell me what to do, who to be with, basically, to act like them. Well guess what, I am not you, nor will I ever be you. I am me and I have a choice. I can make a choice to jump off the cliff if I choose. I will never learn and grow if my decisions are made for me. I need to run into walls so that I may learn to climb over them. I need to fall into pits so that I may learn to climb out of them. If I need your advice, I will ask for it. Is it just me, or do you get bothered by people that tell you what to do with your life all the time?

So I searched for a name for sometime for this blog. Blogger has 100s of millions of blogs so it was difficult, but I found one, Pay Respect. What this means is if you want to be a part of my life, you need to come to the table with something. Pay me respect and I will do the same for you. In fact, I will respect you regardless of what you do to me. I will honor who you are. But if I do not get respect in return, our relationship will be short lived.

I believe everybody has something to teach me. Just because they are being difficult doesn't mean that I run the other way. But my life is too short to accept being emotionally sucker punched all the time. If you see me making a big mistake, ask me if I want advice. If I am willing to accept it, I will say "sure". If I don't, I will say "no thank you." And if you try to give it to me anyways, well here is the door. You have not paid me the respect I deserve and need.

Some may read this and think I am angry or bitter. Well, my truth is I know what I want and what I deserve. I know I need to breathe oxygen and when you hold my head underwater, I am going to fight it with my life.

This blog is going to be about my life trials and tribulations and the rules I discover to live by to make it flow in a upward direction. I want to grow as a person. I want to live an outstanding life and make an impact on this earth that will never be forgotten.