HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER. When I was young, I was proud enough that I was ALWAYS disobeying my parents on those seemingly small, inconsequential things. Little did I know later on that this HABIT OF DISOBEYING was the culprit in totally MESSING ME UP; and it took me about 30 years to UNMESS myself up. The ten commandments should be re-titled "The Ten Highly Recommended Suggestions to a Painless Way of Living". I thought that the commandments were just a way of pleasing God. Now I am wiser to know that God is everything and don't need to be pleased by earthlings like me; He has got everything so that these 10 advices were really meant for the benefit of human beings.