One of the most beneficial ways for us as men to improve how we feel about ourselves is to live a life of honor. The word ‘honor’ is rarely used in modern speech and understood even less in modern society. Much of the frustration exhibited by young men these days stems from a lack of vision and hope in their lives. Finding and living for something greater than yourself gives purpose and direction to young lives.
A LIFE OF HONOR (Living For Something Greater Than Yourself)
A LIFE OF HONOR- (Having Integrity)
To live a life of honor we as men must live by a code or belief in something greater than ourselves, something worth living for or even dying for.
Living a life of honor means living a life of integrity and being a man of your word even in the face of adversity. Standing up for those values you believe in doesn’t always make you friends immediately, but what it does earn you is respect. When other men look at you, they may not fully understand why you live this way, but deep inside themselves they often wish they had the strength and belief to live like you do.
Being a man of honor goes a long way toward developing healthy self-respect, and often adds meaning and a sense of fulfillment to our lives.
A LIFE OF HONOR- (Protectors)
In the books of ancient times, we see the knights in shining armor fighting off the dragon and saving the fair maiden in distress and we think that’s heroic. We see Sir Walter Raleigh throwing down his cloak so that Queen Elizabeth 1 didn’t have to get her shoes dirty while crossing over a puddle of water, and we think that’s chivalrous. We see the Christians of the early church worshipping God in song as they were preparing to be martyred by being fed to the lions in the Roman Colosseum, and we think that’s real faith.
As men, we have an inherent desire to be a protector and defender of those weaker than ourselves, and it is often this compulsion that causes us to perform great acts of bravery. This desire stems from a deep place within ourselves where our core values exist and reveals the true way that we see our world and how we believe the world should be. Living by these core values whether it be through acts of heroism, acts of chivalry, or demonstrations of incredible faith, enables us as men to live a life of honor.
A LIFE OF HONOR- (Good Manners)
Living a life of honor can be something as little as standing up on a bus and giving your seat to a woman or taking back the excess money to the store owner when you were under-charged for a purchase. Living a life of honor may mean telling the truth even though you know that you will suffer for it. Living a life of honor may mean defending someone who is being bullied or rescuing a child’s cat stuck up a tree.
Honor is that indefinable something that rises within a man when they see injustice in the world and know that it is up to them to change it.
A LIFE OF HONOR- (Leading By Example)
Men of honor lead the way in the world, they shine as lights in a dark place and illuminate the path we are all called to walk upon. They are men known in their region as someone who can be trusted, and when the going gets tough, everyone turns to them for help or advice.
We all can influence our world for the better and that opportunity begins with living a life of honor. Fathers by their example, have a great influence on the future direction that their children will choose in life, one of the best parenting decisions we can make is to live a life of honor.
God Bless
John Nolan
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