You can live without someone's respect, since most likely you've been living most of your life without the respect of people you
don't well, whether they'
re people you just met at
work or people you've known for a while. Your soul might not be replaceable though.
I'
d rather be me than you or anybody else, even if nobody likes/respects me for it. Anybody can be trained to do something as a skill, but nobody can
train somebody to be who they are, you are who you are for a reason. Respect isn't
everything. Becoming a functional part of a machine to get respected isn't any good for me.