Just my weekend musings: There are 2 ways to happiness. One is to accept current situation. Second, is to pursuit what u want. My observation is there are many seemingly poor or "unfortunate" people who are happy, because they accept their bad set of cards. There are many energetic people with a goal in their life and passionate about their life. Respect, what do you respect? I didn't ask who. 1) Character- e.g. Resilence, wit etc 2) Money 3) Power - Position of authority, etc I will be honest, I respect all three to varying degree. I don't just respect character. Neither are they mutually exclusive. Are u happy when people show u respect. I know I do. But while I am not rich nor powerful, I am also not poor or without any "position", so I use this as a reminder not to get it in ......