Respect to parents who talk the walk and literally follow a set of rules. At an advanced age it’s becoming more apparent that my parents used KISS and it worked really well.
The expression “talk the talk but walk the walk” is an informal idiom that means someone doesn’t act in a way that matches what they say. For example, “When it comes to recycling, he talks the talk but he doesn’t walk the walk”.
The KISS principle is used in many engineering fields, including software engineering, as well as by managers, trainers, and educators. It's a useful reminder for businesses to avoid making things more complicated than they need to be.
"Respect thy neighbor" is a phrase that refers to the Biblical commandment to love your neighbor as yourself, which can be found in Leviticus 19:18. The phrase is also known as the Golden Rule or the Great Commandment.
The meaning of "respect thy neighbor" includes:
Being honest and impartial
Not hindering the underprivileged
Sharing your harvest with the poor and foreigners
Treating your neighbor with dignity and respect
Working to prevent your neighbor from facing privation
Being kind, patient, humble, meek, hopeful, and generous
Some ways to show love for your neighbor include:
Letting them know you care
Praying for them
Being available to help with favors
Bringing a friend coffee on a bad day
Giving someone in need an extra hot meal
Listening intentionally in conversations
Volunteering with a nonprofit
At the end of the day, each and every person has to make up their own mind to what degree they follow such principals. Words provide a means to fathom out your character and improvise accordingly.
Take care!
Prof. Carl Boniface
Vocabulary builder:
Thy is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for 'your' when you are talking to one person.
KISS is an acronym for "Keep It Simple, Stupid". It's a design principle that suggests that systems and designs should be as simple as possible. The idea is that simplicity leads to greater user acceptance and interaction.
Fathom out (v) = work out, understand, figure out, comprehend, grasp, think through
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