The first way in which we honor them is to respect them. We need to repect their instructions. We need to repect the position they hold. We need to treat them the way we would like our own children to treat us. If they ask something of us we should follow through without arguing or complaining.
The next way we honor them us by how we conduct ourselves. If we are well spoken and well mannered, and respectable in our conduct, this reflects well on our parents. By contrast if we are reckless, disrespectful, brash, ill tempered, etc. it reflects poorly on our upbringing. If we conduct ourselves well, both in the public eye and in our private lives, it reflects well on those who raised us.
Beyond that, if we can't respect our parents, we won't respect our Heavenly parents either, and we definitely won't respect ourselves.
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