R E S P E C T...find out what it means

Hi All,
We had a wonderful, hard working Circuit class last night and you all did awesome!
Sprinkled into our hard work was the fact that there was a horrifying display of DIS-respect on the TV news over the weekend. That's right, U.S. Senators and Congresspeople were spat upon, called vile names and generally disrespected.
Not nice.
Look, we do NOT have to agree people-ever. Our Country was founded upon disagreement and dissent. But not on disrespect.
So, our Country is changing-it has to and it always has. Some will like it, some will not. But, we CAN respect each other's views, listen and work together towards the common goal-which I think is for us all to have a good life, give our children a good life, be safe, work hard and love each other.
Think about it this way-whether you are religious/spiritual or not, when you go to your Final Judgement, for what will YOU have to answer?
Will you have to explain why you called people names who disagreed with you?
Will you have to explain why you didn't listen, didn't care and pretended you didn't see suffering?
Lord knows none of us is perfect and certainly none of us 'knows it all'...but when you talk to your neighbor, your co-worker, your friend...listen and realize that THEY have trying to have the same things you are, so that should be a starting point for AGREEMENT.
Oh and let's remember something-we're all HUMAN and I think many of us have forgotten the Golden Rule we all learned in kindergarten:
Treat others the way you, yourself want to be treated.
No one can spit on that.