Guess I should just clarify a bit the stuff that I said in my last post in response to my anonymous friend’s comment. 
Well, I was going to write something to clarify what I said, but I’m not really sure now that I thought about it for a bit. Maybe a certain level of respect means that we know God loves us, and that there are some people out there who can love us back, even when we think that the whole world is out to get us, and that nobody could possibly love us. It’s when we loose the bitterness and frustration that you’re having a hard time maintaining friendships because everyone around you thinks you are nonchalant, uncaring, unexpressive, and so on… When I loose that bitterness and frustration I gain a lot of peace, joy, love, faithfulness and gentleness that helps in reaching out to others. Maybe it’s less about having a certain amount of respect, and more, as you said, about being humble and just forgetting about my own problems and issues and helping others instead.
I am also kind of thinking more so our relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ. How do we express our love to other Christians? First of all, why do we love other Christians?
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