Titus 2 woman Pt. 2

Titus 2:3-5- "the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed."

"Reverent in behavior"?  I didn't really know what that meant so I decided to check out a couple other bible translations. 

NIV says "teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live" which didn't help much. 
NLT says "teach the older women to live in a way that honors God".  OK, that's better. 
The message (which usually is the simplest one) says "Guide older women into lives of reverence". 

So it's pretty clear that the word reverence is EXACTLY what God wants us to be. 
The dictionary says that the word reverent means to be deeply respectful.  OUCH!  Respectful, that's pretty much the opposite of how the world says women should act.  We need everyone to respect us first, right?  But I'm not finding that in the bible anywhere.  So, no.  I'm not going to talk about being respectful to our spouses because we'll cover that later.  I'm just going to talk about respect when it comes to everyone else in our lives. 
I'm all grown up now, I don't live with my parents but I still need to respect them.  I need to respect everyone in my family, even the ones that keep making choices that are not in anyway going to help them later in life.  I have to respect them too?  Well, that's what it seems the bible is saying.  I thought for so long that my opinion on every subject needed to be expressed and heard and followed.  But I'm not finding that anywhere in the bible either.  Especially when my opinion doesn't follow along with what the bible teaches. 
Well, what about the people we see occasionally in our daily lives like Teachers (if you have kids or are in school), Pastors, Homeless, Cashiers, Neighbors, kids that are not our responsibility, other drivers, Snowbirds?
 
I'm not doing such a good job of following this verse so far.  It's a pretty tough pill to swallow when some of these people I come in contact with I feel do not deserve respect and do not show me respect either.  But there was no side note that said "only if they respect you first" in any of those translations. 

Lord, I really suck at following this verse.  I can't do it on my own strength, I can tell you that right now.  So I'm going to need you, Holy Spirit, to gently remind me when I'm not being respectful to people in my life, and show me how I can be respectful without feeling trampled on and taken advantage of. 

I know this wasn't the funnest moment with me, but I'd love to hear how this verse spoke to you and if it made you feel differently about how you are suppose to act as a Christian.