Respect?

Respect? What is it? Is it when you finally put your foot down for not letting someone walk all over you? When they stop asking and they just do instead. Is it when you decide that someone doesnt deserve you or they cant control you? Or  not allowing someone to disreguard how we are really feeling? Or is your definition just simply someone taking care of you the way you deserve...by being patient, kind, understandingg....when everything tells us it doesnt...Whatever you feel it may be, it has been on my mind quite often lately, and it has really made me wonder, what is your limit of when you call it quits when someone disrepects you, or when someone will respect you. Is your fine line to not let someone talk down to you, for them not to hold in how they are truly feeling...is it when they stop trying to be honest with how they truly feel? I cant live the rest of my life faking anything, I want to be real with myself, others and specially the people I love. I feel like everyone truly deserves a chance at life to be trusted, to feel like they can be truly let in..but it is up to you to define your self  respect. Mine simply will be to walk away when their is selfishness bitterness betrayal condescending and demeaning me as a woman and daughter of God. It isn't to walk away when it gets hard but to stand up for myself when I deserve something better.