A MAN’S PERSONAL HONOR…
Today we are discussing a word that is often used; sometimes correctly sometimes not. I think it’s a word that is not that well understood in general. The word is ‘honor’.
So what is honor, and how does it apply to our mission of being a better man? What does it mean to live with honor…to be an honorable man? These are the questions I will answer in this episode.
Like many english words, honor is used in a few different ways. One way is when it is used to bestow respect or admiration for something someone did well, or to acknowledge someone for performing well and meeting their obligations.
For example; a building can be named in honor of a Cities founder. A football team that performs well is said to bring honor to the school. It was an honor to be invited to your wedding. Someone can graduate with honors or leave the military with an honorable discharge.
While these are all proper uses of the word…it’s not exactly what I am taking about today. The kind of honor I am talking about today is much more personal and individual, its more specific.
The phrase; “to live with honor” implies that there is a code or list of rules to follow. While the phrase; “he is an honorable man” implies that honor is a matter of reputation that is earned. Both of these are correct…honor is both of these things, but it isn’t ONLY these things. The word honor is a simple noun but the word honor as I am applying it today is also a complex concept with many components.
Honor is a complex composition of things that includes your earned reputation as a man. It is also a personal code that you design and live by and in so doing preserve that reputation. Truth and courage are also major components of honor because you cannot accomplish all this without them.
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