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Honor is personal integrity. It means you have integrated your principles into your character, and that is who you are.
A person who has personal honor has conscientiously determined the standards by which s/he will live, and proceeds to carry them out, without fail, regardless of difficulty and in the face of opposition.
Please note that it is not enough to "have" standards. In order to have personal honor, one lives those principles, acts upon them, exercises them.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
To me, honor is the willingness to do the right thing in any situation, regardless of the consequences.
Being true to oneself,and face up to our shortcomings,to better our personal traits.
I define it by living by what you belive and always being honest about what that is to you. And by always doing what is right no matter how hard it is.
Learning to love who you are
If you've never watched the movie "Excallibur", there is a scene that has always stuck out in my mind when I think of honor.
King Aurthor was fighting against a nobleman and his fellow knights that refused to follow him as king. It ended when Aurthor was told, by one of the resisting knights, that he would not follow one that is not a knight as well. In response Aurthor handed him his sword, in the midst of battle, and said, "Then you shall knight me." The knight, overwhelmed with emotion for witnessing such bravery and honor, knelt down immediately and swore his allegience to his new king.
Honor is defending those that are weak with your own blood, yeilding when you are wrong, always speaking truth, and never breaking a promise.
Doing what you think is right, even if everyone else is doing it differently , for one thing
I don't. Honour isn't a word I use. It connotes self-righteousness, and along with that sexism, elitism and classism.
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Beautifully stated.
by gone on February 14th, 2007
SimplyKate, I just have to know - are you in NM like me? I'm in Albuquerque
by LynfromNM on February 14th, 2007
Thank you for the nice comment, by the way :)
by LynfromNM on February 14th, 2007
I'm just across the border to the north, but had a ranch outside Las Vegas for years. I miss NM desperately and am thinking about returning.
by gone on February 14th, 2007
Come home! Is it snowing there? I'm snowed in today. I love the LV area too, have good friends in LV, Mora and Angel Fire
by LynfromNM on February 14th, 2007
I'm back! I volunteer at the library on Weds. mornings. No snow today, we got ours again yesterday. It's amazing how much snow Albuquerque's had this winter! Wonder if we know any of the same folks around LV? I worked at Highlands U for years. It's GREAT to 'talk' to someone from home.
Thanks Lyn!
by gone on February 14th, 2007
feel free to email me at lyn1lunatic@wmconnect.com
by LynfromNM on February 14th, 2007
Sent email today, just checking to see if you got it:)
by gone on February 14th, 2007