Do you hold the word 'I' in the same regard for yourself as all others?

Question

When you say the word 'I' and/or hear it from another, do you hold it with the same internal importance? Should we?

Answer 1

Unless I'm able to see the "I" in the other I won't be able to uphold the worth of the other. Conversely, I should sharpen up my senses so as to be sensible enough to capture the "I' of the other in me, so that I can say with the Spanish poet Antonio Machado:
"These eyes of mine
eyes that behold you
they are not eyes because they see you,
they are eyes because you see them"
(Unofficial and unauthorized translation)

Answer 2

Well, our ego, our sense of self is keyed when we say the word 'I'. We sum up the entirety of our beings with that one letter. When someone else says 'I' we cannot know the depth of the meaning behind that monosyllabic utterance. It is simply impossible for that word to have the same affect on us coming from someone else. A person can try to appreciate teh uniqueness of another person, but cannot possibly know their innermost being well enough to know what that other person means when they say 'I'.

Answer 3

I regard all others as in the word " I" with the same internal importance. Love thy neighbor as thyself...........