Donald Wickham’s Blog

BILL OF RIGHTS

Respect means I give myself and others the right to:

• Space and privacy (e.g., knocking on doors before entering,  not opening one another’s mail, respecting each other’s needs  for quiet and space);
• Be different (e.g., allowing preferences for food, movies, volume   of music, and how we spend our time);
• Disagree (e.g., making room for each person to think and see  life differently);
• Be heard (e.g., listening to each other’s desires, opinions, thoughts, feelings, etc.);
• Be taken seriously (e.g., listening and being present to one another);
• Be given the benefit of the doubt (e.g., checking out assumptions   rather than judging one another when misunderstandings   arise);
• Be told the truth (e.g., counting on the truth when asking each other for information from “Did you study for the test that  you failed?” to “Why were you late coming home?”);
• Be consulted (e.g., checking and asking when decisions will  affect others);
• Be imperfect and make mistakes (e.g., leaving “room” for breaking   things, forgetting things, letting each other down unintentionally,  failing tests when we have studied, etc.);
• Courteous and honorable treatment (e.g., using words that don’t  hurt, asking before using, consulting when appropriate,  treating each other as I-Thou’s); and
• Be respected (e.g., taking one another’s feelings into account)

From: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash the Power of Authentic Life in Christ (Peter Scazzero)

Tags:   be heard · be imperfect and make mistakes · Be respected · Be told the truth · benefit of the doubt · consulted · Courteous and honorable treatment · different · disagree · Emotionally Healthy Spirituality · privacy · respect · taken seriouslyNo Comments