Ooooohhhh yeaaahh!  That song by the Staple Singers!  Used to be my mantra….then it became me.  I mean my way of life.  Or, it became clear that’s what my parents had taught from day one and reiterated and reiterated and reiterated….like paul parrots, like broken records, drilling it in us.  They knew the world would … More Respect Yourself