For awhile now I have been turning this idea over and over in my mind about having a personal code to live by. It seems noble and somewhat romantic to have a set of virtues that govern your life and truthfully most people have some rules that they follow. I just want to tap into that and write out my own code. This won't be a single blog but something that I work on and evolve on over time. Where do I start? My usual logic would say at the beginning but that is somewhat ambiguous on this project.
I feel like respect would be a good place to begin as I have somewhat different ideas about respect. I believe that respect should not be given freely for any reason and that it should be earned. However that doesn't exactly work because when you meet someone new how would they earn your respect? So I think that a compromise would be wise. For my code I feel like people you meet for the first time should be give a small amount of respect on a trial basis to determine if they are going to earn it.
So the first part is, respect should be earned but people should be given a chance to show that they can earn your respect.
As always remember that it is okay not to like something just don't be a jerk about it.
-Ben
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