do we show honor towards each other or
has society in his failure to
differentiate between right and wrong
also laws its adherence to a
conventional standard of conduct do you
live by the honor principle when we hear
stories about deceit corruption and
infidelity filling the news headlines it
should make us wonder where has all the
honor gone and we are witnessing a
changing world where more and more
people show less respect and honor and
are too often indifferent or outright
belligerent towards one another in a
book written by Robert bérenger the
author asked the question where has all
the honor gone and he writes about
experiencing the power of the honor
principle and how it can add
significance to your life this work
explores and explains the critical need
to restore and integrate this valuable
truth of Honor in all areas of life work
family and leadership while we are not
in agreement with many of his religious
beliefs we do see that on the matter of
maintaining honor he has a point
mr. Berger states to give and to receive
honor is a basic human need and there
was a cry in the human heart for honor
so yes people seem to crave it
but do they recognize that those they
have relationships with also need it and
are they willing to give barrage er
continues unfortunately our media
intensive world too often celebrates
superficiality with focus on people like
Lady Gaga or fantasy Harold's like
spider-man honor is more than Fame or
power as a spiritual principle and
measure of character and when we give
honor to our spouses families churches
and nation we helped to build our
communities bérenger concludes the honor
principle is not found on a list it is
found in the heart and must be lived the
word honor originates from the word
esteem meaning to respect and value do
we respect and value
those around us do we honor only those
who are honorable are their daily
situations where this time proven
principle should be practiced the
principle of Honor needs to be applied
regularly in the home on the job in
government and even on our roads and
highways there used to be a time when it
meant a great deal to people men would
meet on the field of Honor and be
willing to give their lives and died
that they might retain their honor the
feel of Honor was known as the place
where duels were fought where men would
stand back-to-back pistol in hand walked
10 to 20 paces then turn around and fire
I'm certainly not condoning dueling as a
means to defend your honor
but what it illustrates is that a
person's honor meant something they
would go to the grave to ensure their
honor remained intact women also once
took great care to live their lives in
such a way that they would never lose
their honour chastity was one of the
codes of Honor a concept not widely
practiced today
unfortunately however chastity has all
too seldom been considered honorable on
the part of men through the ages I well
known United States Military Academy
prides itself on being an institution
where there's principled has a high
value and those enrolled at West Point
are still guided by the motto duty honor
and country
West Point stresses the development of
cadets intellectually physically
militarily ethically spiritually and
socially the even having an honor code a
cadet will not lie cheat steal or
tolerate those who do now those are high
ideals the honor principle is widely
promoted at that institution but no
doubt there have been failures along the
way sadly though honor is not being held
in the highest regard or valued as it
once was the daily news is often filled
with examples of men and women leaders
in their respective fields who have come
up far too short and these individuals
get caught up in their own weaknesses
and as a result have failed those who
once looked to them as respected leaders
in the end their behavior affected their
careers and focus they did not lead
their lives above reproach
they lost respect and honour and
character they did not make wise
decisions an ancient Biblical proverb
references the application of wisdom and
its result exalt wisdom and she will
promote you she will bring you honor
when you embrace her comedian Rodney
Dangerfield's trademark was his
complaint I get no respect and though he
made a joke of it the situation can hit
home with all of us we've all been the
victims of a lack of courtesy respect
and honor at one time or another in our
lives but in order to receive it we must
be willing to give it to those around us
not just to those whose favor we seek
honoring and respecting each other is
linked with humility which is also the
method of obtaining true honor as we
develop the habit of giving right
respect and honor to all of our fellow
human beings we will no doubt find that
our relationships will improve I'm
Winston Goss for tomorrow's world
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