And therefore we need to give lots of Kavod to all the people we know. Many of them are scary or rich or self-confident, or tough or have high positions, or are very “put together”. They may be orderly and brilliant and talented. Some can be great in Torah or Yiras Shamayim or Zikkui HaRabbim. Don’t be fooled! They are by-and-large all broken like a Yasom and Almana. So ignore their scary side, and give loads of Kavod!
Although Novardokers made a joke out of: כָבוֹד הַ מְׁ דוּמֶׁ ה imagined Kavod, yet, that was only when it came to their own Kavod. But they were very Makpid to give others loads and loads of Kavod. It says in Mishlei: יְׁהַ לֶׁלְׁ ךָ זָר וְׁלֹא פִּ יךָ משלי כז ב. Let others praise you; don’t praise yourself. But the Gr”a explains the Passuk: וְׁלֹא פִּ יךָ (“and not yourself”) that if others praising you, good. But if not, (וְׁלֹא) then (פִּ יךָ) let your own mouth do the job!
