Difference between 'fear' and 'respect'

                            

Fear and respect are two different emotions of human race which is natural but varies according to human needs and situation. Fear is basically an emotional state in humans, which projects negative gestures such as worrying, being petrified, or having bad intuition, when they feel threatened from different kind of sources such as feeling of insecurity, loosing something, being attacked etc.

People often react to fear by panicking, worrying, or even escaping it. Respect on the other hand is a human emotion which is positive gesture of admiration, adoration and acknowledgement, which is given to people for their good deeds, achievements, qualities or status in the society. Therefore it is said that, a-like wealth, respect is also earned because people only give respect naturally to those who they feel, deserves it. We respect people whom we consider our idol, such as parents, teachers, famous personalities, legends.

            Both the emotions are different in nature, somehow they relate to each other varying according to situations. Sometimes respect is also forced because of fear that people have in their minds. For e.g. children are taught how to respect their elders from their childhood, and they grow up following and practicing it in their daily lives, parents too feel their children are following what they say and are happy with it. But that creates a kind of fear in children, which consequently, compels them to not being able to express or share their feelings, lie or cheat, with the parents ultimately creating a communication gap and dishonesty in them.  

We think we respect our parents, teachers, bosses and our elders by sometimes forcing ourselves in obeying them, being happy in whatever they decide for us without caring about our own happiness, which our elders take it as respect, but eventually it is fear that compels us to do so, and that is fear mistaken as respect and that is the major difference between these two emotions.

Respect is something that we need to earn and give, but fear is something which human should not have. With respect we can always live life with dignity, integrity, pride and have the confidence to contribute for the betterment of the society, whereas fear creates negative feeling in humans, lowers people’s confidence and positive attitude towards life,  so we should overcome our fears.