"You can't judge a person until you've walked 1.609344 kilometers in their shoes," says my mom, right after a lesson on metric conversions. At the time my childish mind just brushed it off as another bit of fluff floating around in my mother's head, but looking back, I find this over used cliche rather helpful.
I realize that this saying isn't telling you to literally rip off your enemy's shoes and prance about in them, but that you must try to see their point of view. Now when I find myself in an altercation with someone, I reflect on the wise words of my elders and re-examine my actions, which generally deflates the situation, resolving the conflict in a much more peaceful manner.
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those, were some of the most eloquent usages of vocabulary that i have seen in a long time :D nice...
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