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Mutual Respect
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"If 'hell is other people' heaven too"


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Mutual Respect

We need each other but need ourselves more
The self must be in good repair to share
To be we need to know what to be for
To "be there" for you I must first "be there"

If there exists among us an elect
Election is by mutual respect
To love my neighbor as myself I must
First love myself in order to love you
How can I trust you if I cannot trust
My own word when I give it you as true ?

We are spirit as sure as we are dust
If "hell is other people" heaven too
I watch your back because I watch my own
We live together but we die alone

+Steven Curtis Lance



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 Reviews of "Mutual Respect"
Reviewed by Helen Downey
Reviewed on July 28, 2006
Very true...words of wisdom spoken here. You have given others something to think about. If you don't love or respect your self, how then can you love or respect anyone else? Thanks for the words of wisdom.

Helen

Reviewed by Chrissy McVay
Reviewed on July 23, 2006
So very true. It shows when we don't respect ourselves, and then try to show respect and love for others...

Reviewed by Marguerite Lemoine
Reviewed on July 22, 2006
I epecially like the last paragraph - we are spirit and we are dust and this is truth. If you know Joanne Richardson put her on your prayer list. She is very needy right now.

Reviewed by Lew Duffey
Reviewed on July 22, 2006
Well put. One thing I might mention. We die with Christ are not alone.
God Bless,
Lew


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