Respecting your partner
is deeper than faithfulness.
It is more than loyalty,
more than staying true.
Respecting your partner
means honoring their voice,
listening when they speak,
allowing them to be heard.
Respect is communication,
gentle honesty,
and the choice
to avoid the same mistakes
that wound the heart.
Respect is thinking
before you speak,
pausing to understand
before you respond.
Respect is empathy,
the quiet effort
to step into their shoes,
to see through their eyes.
Respect is effort—
not perfection,
but the willingness to try,
again and again.
Respect is love.
Not only spoken,
but lived,
in the small moments
that build a life together.
