Gold

In the latest James Clear email from yesterday I feel there is an important message that is worth remembering always.  It is a paraphrased saying of something said by a Mary Kay Ash.   She is into people management.  "No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people."
At present I am watching leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world.  They are made to feel important.  I am amazed at how well choreographed all the actions and meetings are.
I do not see a problem with making people we deem important feel important.  But I was talking to a fella yesterday who looks out for people often treated with distain.  They have no power and in some cases are doing it really tough through no obvious fault of their own.
I must admit it is treating people like that badly that I have a problem with.  I get concerned the baby is thrown out with the bathwater.  There are those that milk the system and deceive.  To me they are a minority, but there.  Then there are the many who get caught up in a general decline in living standards and an increase in costs that diminish coping abilities.
It is these people along with all that I feel need to be treated with respect.  A lack of power does not warrant a lack of respect.  I am very big on treating others as I would like to be treated.  Fortunately, I reckon I am better of then many as my self-worth is based on more than the opinion of my contemporaries (though that matters and is often a cause for appreciation).
I guess what I am saying is that people are like gold.  Some look dirty and seemingly do not seem to deserve a second look, while other gold looks great but closer inspection reveals it is not what it seems.  Only in applying a consistent standard of respect for all can I discover what is true gold.